Blue violet

#6225d1

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for blue violet, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Blue violet, a strong purple at 261 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Blue violet color values

Every conversion for #6225d1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6225d1

RGB98, 37, 209

HSL261, 70%, 48%

HSV261, 82%, 82%

CMYK53%, 82%, 0%, 18%

Lab35.05, 62.81, -76.91

XYZ17.21, 8.52, 61.06

Decimal6432209

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue violet

#5922bf #511fac #481b9a #401888 #371575 #2f1263 #260e51 #1d0b3f #15082c #0c051a

Tints of blue violet

#6f34db #7e49df #8d5de2 #9b72e6 #aa87ea #b99cee #c8b1f1 #d7c6f5 #e5dbf9 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#94d125 Analogous#253ed1 Analogous#b825d1 Triadic#d16225 Triadic#25d162 Split complementary#d1b825 Split complementary#3ed125

Blue violet in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 53, 82, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6225d1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 82 0 18

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 79 4 24

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Blue violet in css

Copy #6225d1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6225d1; }
.text { color: #6225d1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6225d1; }

How blue violet looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Blue violet and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6225d1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6225d1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6225d1 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around blue violet? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6225d1 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from blue violet, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #6225d1 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.