Dark violet

#690cb3

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

Dark violet falls in the purple range, deep and vivid. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark violet color values

Every conversion for #690cb3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#690cb3

RGB105, 12, 179

HSL273, 87%, 37%

HSV273, 93%, 70%

CMYK41%, 93%, 0%, 30%

Lab30.69, 63.4, -66.42

XYZ14.09, 6.52, 43.16

Decimal6884531

Web safe#6600cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of dark violet

#600ba4 #570a95 #4f0986 #460877 #3d0768 #340659 #2b054a #22043b #1a032c #11021d

Tints of dark violet

#7a0ecf #8a10eb #9829f1 #a645f3 #b361f4 #c17df6 #ce9af8 #dcb6fa #e9d2fc #f7eefe

Colors that go with dark violet

Complementary#56b30c Analogous#160cb3 Analogous#b30ca9 Triadic#b3690c Triadic#0cb369 Split complementary#a9b30c Split complementary#0cb316

Dark violet in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 41, 93, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #690cb3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 93 0 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 90 4 36

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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

Dark violet in css

Copy #690cb3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #690cb3; }
.text { color: #690cb3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #690cb3; }

How dark violet looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark violet and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #690cb3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #690cb3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #690cb3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #690cb3 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 dark violet, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #690cb3 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.