Nearest-color comparison

Medium Violet Red vs Rose Red

Medium Violet Red and Rose Red are different pink colors with HEX values #C71585 and #C21E56. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 48.1, their contrast ratio is 1.07:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Medium Violet Red and Rose Red are visually related colors. Medium Violet Red is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.07:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Medium Violet Red#C71585

Rose Red#C21E56

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Medium Violet Red and Rose Red across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance48.1

Pair contrast1.07:1

Luminance delta0.013

Hue delta18 deg

Lighter colorMedium Violet Red

More saturatedMedium Violet Red

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

pink color

Medium Violet Red

Medium Violet Red is #C71585, a warm pink color with vibrant character. Compared with Rose Red, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#C71585 RGB199, 21, 133 HSL322, 81, 43 CMYK0, 89, 33, 22 Luminance0.1437 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

pink color

Rose Red

Rose Red is #C21E56, a warm pink color with vibrant character. Compared with Medium Violet Red, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for branding accents, editorial palettes, and product design, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#C21E56 RGB194, 30, 86 HSL340, 73, 44 CMYK0, 85, 56, 24 Luminance0.1307 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Medium Violet Red or Rose Red

Choose Medium Violet RedMedium Violet Red is better when the design needs vibrant pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C71585.

Choose Rose RedRose Red is better when the design needs vibrant pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C21E56.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyMedium Violet RedRose Red

HEX#C71585#C21E56

RGB199, 21, 133194, 30, 86

HSL322, 81, 43340, 73, 44

CMYK0, 89, 33, 220, 85, 56, 24

FamilyPinkPink

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.14370.1307

Black contrast3.87:13.61:1

White contrast5.42:15.81:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Medium Violet Redwhite text - 5.42:1

Rose Redwhite text - 5.81:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Medium Violet Red#C71585

Rose Red#C21E56

#EC4BB1#EC4BB1

#E55787#E55787

#15C656#15C656

#1EC28C#1EC28C

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      21,
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      322,
      81,
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    ],
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    "family": "pink",
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    },
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      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 5.42
    },
    "description": "Medium Violet Red is #C71585, a warm pink color with vibrant character. Compared with Rose Red, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/medium-violet-red/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/medium-violet-red.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "rose-red",
    "name": "Rose Red",
    "hex": "#C21E56",
    "rgb": [
      194,
      30,
      86
    ],
    "hsl": [
      340,
      73,
      44
    ],
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      0,
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      56,
      24
    ],
    "family": "pink",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.1307,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 3.61,
      "white": 5.81
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 5.81
    },
    "description": "Rose Red is #C21E56, a warm pink color with vibrant character. Compared with Medium Violet Red, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for branding accents, editorial palettes, and product design, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/rose-red/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/rose-red.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 48.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.07,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 18,
    "saturation": 8,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.013,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Medium Violet Red",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Medium Violet Red"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.07,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Medium Violet Red",
      "background": "#C71585",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 5.42
    },
    {
      "color": "Rose Red",
      "background": "#C21E56",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 5.81
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Medium Violet Red is better when the design needs vibrant pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C71585.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Rose Red is better when the design needs vibrant pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C21E56.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/medium-violet-red-vs-rose-red.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/medium-violet-red.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/rose-red.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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