#C71585Medium Violet Red (#C71585) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 350°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.222. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #C71585 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(199, 21, 133) |
| HSL | hsl(322, 81%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(322, 89%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 89%, 33%, 22%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(44.8 71 -15.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.553 0.222 350) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Medium Violet Red shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c80e7d — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward red#ca1383 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#c71585 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#c81587 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedAgainst white it measures 5.42:1 and against black 3.87:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffabd3 · #f466b3 · #c71585 · #9e0068 · #670042 · #35001f
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#ee6265 · #de3f73 · #c71585 · #a01890 · #791992 · #53188a
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ff8a5c · #c97859 · #c71585 · #9a0265 · #6e0046 · #401000
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#00e5b3 · #b38399 · #c71585 · #82325d · #5d163e · #340721
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#def9ee · #a38391 · #c71585 · #4c5e57 · #371928 · #000402
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e8f5f0 · #bfcec8 · #91a39c · #152c24 · #000a05 · #c71585
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6dcb7 · #d4a7d6 · #32b595 · #c71585 · #50654b · #190621
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cdffec · #49a62f · #c71585 · #00666a · #062e00 · #000203
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f4f6c3 · #949300 · #c71585 · #006282 · #002939 · #040300
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#fff0d7 · #b78200 · #c71585 · #006951 · #001f58 · #000402
#D74898 · #E66AAB · #F48ABF · #FFA9D2 · #FFCEE4
#A8006F · #880058 · #690043 · #4B002F · #30001C
#B83B81 · #A8507D · #965F79
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.