Blue violet

#6a1fd0

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 265 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 #6a1fd0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a1fd0

RGB106, 31, 208

HSL265, 74%, 47%

HSV265, 85%, 82%

CMYK49%, 85%, 0%, 18%

Lab35.2, 65.48, -76.05

XYZ17.82, 8.6, 60.39

Decimal6954960

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue violet

#611cbe #581aac #4e179a #451487 #3c1175 #330f63 #290c51 #20093f #17072d #0e041b

Tints of blue violet

#7629df #843fe2 #9255e6 #a16be9 #af81ec #bd97f0 #cbadf3 #d9c3f6 #e7d9f9 #f5effd

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#85d01f Analogous#1f2cd0 Analogous#c31fd0 Triadic#d06a1f Triadic#1fd06a Split complementary#d0c31f Split complementary#2dd01f

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 49, 85, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a1fd0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 85 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 82 4 24

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.

Blue violet in css

Copy #6a1fd0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a1fd0; }
.text { color: #6a1fd0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a1fd0; }

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 #6a1fd0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a1fd0 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 #6a1fd0 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 #6a1fd0 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 #6a1fd0 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.