PINK

Medium Violet Red

#C71585

Conversions

HEX#C71585

RGBrgb(199, 21, 133)

HSLhsl(322, 81%, 43%)

HSVhsv(322, 89%, 78%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 89%, 33%, 22%)

Copy CSS

color: #c71585;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(199, 21, 133);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(322, 81%, 43%);

Contrast

On whitePass · 5.42 : 1

On ink blackFail · 3.53 : 1

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About Medium Violet Red

Medium Violet Red is the hex color #C71585, which translates to rgb(199, 21, 133) in RGB and hsl(322, 81%, 43%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 322 degrees, with a saturation of 81 percent and a lightness of 43 percent. Its OKLCH chroma of 0.222 is high, so Medium Violet Red is one of the more vivid pink tones here and is easy to overuse at large sizes.

How Medium Violet Red compares

Medium Violet Red is exactly the CSS keyword mediumvioletred, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is pink-500 (#F6339A), at a distance of 14.6. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Fashion Fuchsia at 16.9. Sorted by lightness, Medium Violet Red is number 2 of the 27 pink colors here.

Text on Medium Violet Red

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Medium Violet Red, led by White at 5.42:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Medium Violet Red already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Medium Violet Red. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	5.42:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	3.53:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.12:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	1.90:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	4.38:1	Fail	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Medium Violet Red

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Medium Violet Red for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Medium Violet Red

Format	Value
HEX	#C71585
RGB	rgb(199, 21, 133)
HSL	hsl(322, 81%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(322, 89%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 89%, 33%, 22%)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.2217 349.69)
CIELAB	lab(44.77 70.99 -15.17)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.