Blue violet

#6633bb

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

Blue violet is a mid purple with a confident cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Blue violet color values

Every conversion for #6633bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6633bb

RGB102, 51, 187

HSL263, 57%, 47%

HSV263, 73%, 73%

CMYK45%, 73%, 0%, 27%

Lab35.56, 51.72, -63.2

XYZ15.63, 8.78, 47.88

Decimal6697915

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue violet

#5d2fab #542a9a #4b268a #42217a #3a1d6a #311859 #281449 #1f0f39 #160b28 #0d0718

Tints of blue violet

#723dca #8151d0 #8f65d5 #9e79da #ac8de0 #bba1e5 #c9b5eb #d8c9f0 #e6ddf6 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#88bb33 Analogous#3344bb Analogous#aa33bb Triadic#bb6633 Triadic#33bb66 Split complementary#bbaa33 Split complementary#44bb33

Blue violet in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 45, 73, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6633bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 73 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 71 4 33

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 #6633bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6633bb; }
.text { color: #6633bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6633bb; }

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 #6633bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6633bb 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 #6633bb 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 #6633bb 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 #6633bb are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.