What is the hex code for Medium Violet Red?

Medium Violet Red is #c71585. In CSS the keyword mediumvioletred, the hex #c71585, rgb(199, 21, 133) and hsl(322, 81%, 43%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Medium Violet Red on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #15c757, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Medium Violet Red for text?

Medium Violet Red as text on white has a contrast ratio of 5.42:1, which passes WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1). On black it is 3.87:1, which fails for body text. It works as a text color on light surfaces.

CSS color names · Pinks

Medium Violet Red color: hex #c71585, RGB and HSL

Medium Violet Red is the CSS keyword mediumvioletred, hex #c71585, rgb(199, 21, 133), hsl(322, 81%, 43%). It is a dark, vivid magenta in the pinks family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: mediumvioletred
Hex: #c71585
RGB: rgb(199, 21, 133)
HSL: hsl(322, 81%, 43%)
On white: 5.42:1 — passes AA for body text
On black: 3.87:1 — large text and UI only (3:1)

.example {
  color: mediumvioletred;          /* keyword */
  color: #c71585;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(199, 21, 133); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(322, 81%, 43%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with medium violet red

Each match keeps medium violet red's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside medium violet red as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#15c757

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#2cc715

#15c7b0

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#85c715

#1585c7

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#b015c7

#c7152c

Tints and shades of medium violet red

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as medium violet red — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#e8249f

#ed50b3

#f17cc6

#f6a8d9

#fad3ec

Shades (darker)

#a6126f

#850e59

#630a43

#42072c

#210416

A UI color palette built from medium violet red

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from medium violet red as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #c71585
secondary: #2cc715
accent: #15c7b0
background: #fdfcfd
surface: #f7f3f5
text: #22111c
muted: #8f567a
border: #ecdfe7

Dark mode

primary: #e92fa4
secondary: #47e92f
accent: #2fe9d1
background: #1b0e16
surface: #281521
text: #f6f3f5
muted: #b894aa
border: #49273c

Open medium violet red in the palette generator

Using medium violet red in an interface

Pinks carry warmth without red's alarm, which makes hot pink and deep pink strong accent colors for consumer and creative products. The pale pinks work as tinted surfaces; the violet-reds are dark enough to carry text on white. Whichever role medium violet red takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Medium Violet Red?: Medium Violet Red is #c71585. In CSS the keyword mediumvioletred, the hex #c71585, rgb(199, 21, 133) and hsl(322, 81%, 43%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Medium Violet Red?: Its complement is #15c757, the split-complementary pair is #2cc715 and #15c7b0, the triadic partners are #85c715 and #1585c7, and the analogous neighbors are #b015c7 and #c7152c. In an interface, use Medium Violet Red for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Medium Violet Red on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #15c757, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Medium Violet Red for text?: Medium Violet Red as text on white has a contrast ratio of 5.42:1, which passes WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1). On black it is 3.87:1, which fails for body text. It works as a text color on light surfaces.