Pale violet red

#cd7f8a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for pale violet red, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Pale violet red, a soft red sitting at 352 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Pale violet red color values

Every conversion for #cd7f8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd7f8a

RGB205, 127, 138

HSL352, 44%, 65%

HSV352, 38%, 80%

CMYK0%, 38%, 33%, 20%

Lab61.65, 31.55, 6.9

XYZ37.35, 29.99, 27.87

Decimal13467530

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone193 C

Shades of pale violet red

#c56976 #bc5462 #ae4453 #983b48 #82333e #6d2a34 #572229 #411a1f #2c1115 #16090a

Tints of pale violet red

#d18b95 #d6969f #daa2aa #dfadb4 #e3b9bf #e8c4c9 #ecd0d4 #f1dbde #f5e7e9 #faf2f3

Colors that go with pale violet red

Complementary#7fcdc2 Analogous#cd7fb1 Analogous#cd9b7f Triadic#8acd7f Triadic#7f8acd Split complementary#7fcd9b Split complementary#7fb1cd

Pale violet red in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 38, 33, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd7f8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 33 20

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 34 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Pale violet red in css

Copy #cd7f8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd7f8a; }
.text { color: #cd7f8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd7f8a; }

How pale violet red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pale violet red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cd7f8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd7f8a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale violet red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cd7f8a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around pale violet red? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn pale violet red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cd7f8a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from pale violet red, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #cd7f8a are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.