Medium Violet Red #C71585

About this color

#C71585 is a medium-dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 55%, its chroma 0.222 and its hue 350°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Medium Violet Red. White text reads best on it, at 5.42:1.

Colors that go with Medium Violet Red

Matches found by rotating Medium Violet Red around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Medium Violet Red

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Medium Violet Red, closest first.

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Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Medium Violet Red, with their ΔE distance.

• Dark Hot Pink #D90166 ΔE 0.061
• Cerise #DE0C62 ΔE 0.074
• Dark Pink #CB416B ΔE 0.078
• Purpley Pink #C83CB9 ΔE 0.083
• Deep Rose #C74767 ΔE 0.090
• Lipstick #D5174E ΔE 0.092
• Ruby #CA0147 ΔE 0.092
• Red Violet #9E0168 ΔE 0.096

More about Medium Violet Red

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How to make Medium Violet Red

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts purple
• 2 parts pink
• 1 part red

Recipe result: #A6528B, a difference of ΔE 0.093 from Medium Violet Red. Medium Violet Red is more vivid than these paints can mix, so start from a ready-made pink paint and adjust it.

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Codes for Medium Violet Red in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Medium Violet Red

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FDF2F7

   oklch(97.1% 0.013 347.9)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FAE2ED

   oklch(93.5% 0.03 348.2)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F7CBDE

   oklch(88.5% 0.055 350.5)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F2A6CA

   oklch(80.9% 0.1 349.6)

5. Step 400

   400

   #E872AF

   oklch(70.7% 0.161 349.7)

6. Step 500

   500

   #DD469B

   oklch(63.2% 0.203 349.8)

7. Step 600

   600 (this color)

   #C71585

   oklch(55.3% 0.222 349.7)

8. Step 700

   700

   #AC0071

   oklch(49.1% 0.205 349.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #8C0C5C

   oklch(42.7% 0.17 349.9)

10. Step 900

    900

    #71184C

    oklch(37.8% 0.133 349.7)

11. Step 950

    950

    #42102C

    oklch(26.9% 0.084 349.7)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Medium Violet Red with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.