Violet Red #A50055

About this color

#A50055 is a medium-dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 47%, its chroma 0.189 and its hue 0°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Violet Red. White text reads best on it, at 7.68:1.

Colors that go with Violet Red

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

Color palettes with Violet Red

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

• Blackcurrant Crumble
• Boombox Sunset
• Cherry Compote
• Mulberry Crumble
• Fig Jam
• Pomegranate and Blackcurrant
• Plum Basket
• Sunburst Road Trip

Similar named colors

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

• Deep Magenta #A0025C ΔE 0.016
• Dark Fuchsia #9D0759 ΔE 0.018
• Berry #990F4B ΔE 0.029
• Purple Red #990147 ΔE 0.032
• Raspberry #B00149 ΔE 0.033
• Red Violet #9E0168 ΔE 0.036
• Mulberry #920A4E ΔE 0.041
• Cranberry #9E003A ΔE 0.043

More about Violet Red

• Shades of pink
• What pink means

How to make 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 red
• 2 parts purple
• 1 part pink

Recipe result: #973652, a difference of ΔE 0.061 from Violet Red. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

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Codes for 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 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 700.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FDF2F5

   oklch(97.1% 0.012 358.8)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FAE3E9

   oklch(93.6% 0.026 359.9)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F7CCD7

   oklch(88.5% 0.05 1.1)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F3A8BE

   oklch(81% 0.092 0.2)

5. Step 400

   400

   #E8769C

   oklch(70.7% 0.146 0.4)

6. Step 500

   500

   #DE4C84

   oklch(63.1% 0.187 0.4)

7. Step 600

   600

   #C9246E

   oklch(55.6% 0.204 0.2)

8. Step 700

   700 (this color)

   #A50055

   oklch(46.7% 0.189 0.4)

9. Step 800

   800

   #8D164B

   oklch(42.8% 0.157 0.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #711C3E

    oklch(37.7% 0.122 0.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #431225

    oklch(27% 0.078 359.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

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.