CSS named color

Medium Violet Red #C71585

Medium Violet Red is vivid magenta. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Medium Violet Red used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
5.42:1

On white

AA ✓ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓
Aa The quick brown fox
3.87:1

On black

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Medium Violet Red — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Medium Violet Red by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#C71585 ≈ Deep Pink #15C656 ≈ Lime Green

Analogous

#AF15C6 ≈ Dark Violet #C71585 ≈ Deep Pink #C6152D ≈ Crimson

Triadic

#C71585 ≈ Deep Pink #85C615 ≈ Yellow Green #1585C6 ≈ Steel Blue

Split-complementary

#C71585 ≈ Deep Pink #2DC615 ≈ Lime Green #15C6AF ≈ Light Sea Green

Tetradic

#C71585 ≈ Deep Pink #C6AF15 ≈ Goldenrod #15C656 ≈ Lime Green #152DC6 ≈ Medium Blue

Use Medium Violet Red in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#c71585], border-[#c71585].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Medium Violet Red into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

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Similar named colors

Deep Pink #FF1493 Dark Magenta #8B008B Crimson #DC143C Purple #800080 Dark Orchid #9932CC Dark Violet #9400D3

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