HEX Color #BD166D (Mediumvioletred)

About #BD166D

At its core, #BD166D is a medium and vivid hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumvioletred. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(189, 22, 109).

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 88% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD166D

RGB189, 22, 109

HSL328.7°, 79.1%, 41.4%

CMYK0%, 88%, 42%, 26%

HSV328.7°, 88.4%, 74.1%

LAB42.0, 66.2, -4.7

XYZ24.0, 12.5, 15.6

Decimal12392045

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#BD166D #16BD66

Analogous

#B916BD #BD1619

Triadic

#6CBD16 #166CBD

Tetradic

#BDB916 #16BD66 #1619BD

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#BD166D

#C42F7D

#CB498D

#D3639D

#DA7DAD

#E197BE

#E9B1CE

#F0CBDE

#F7E5EE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#BD166D

#A81360

#931154

#7E0E48

#690C3C

#540930

#3F0724

#2A0418

#15020C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.00:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.50:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

5.74:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

2.97:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD166D; }

.text-color { color: #BD166D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD166D; }

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