Blue violet

#6c1cdc

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 balanced cast. 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 #6c1cdc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6c1cdc

RGB108, 28, 220

HSL265, 77%, 49%

HSV265, 87%, 86%

CMYK51%, 87%, 0%, 14%

Lab36.34, 69.38, -81.09

XYZ19.52, 9.19, 68.45

Decimal7085276

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue violet

#631ac9 #5917b5 #5015a2 #46128f #3d107c #330d68 #2a0b55 #200842 #17062e #0d031b

Tints of blue violet

#792ce4 #8742e7 #9458ea #a26dec #b083ef #be99f2 #ccaef5 #d9c4f7 #e7dafa #f5effd

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#8cdc1c Analogous#1c2cdc Analogous#cc1cdc Triadic#dc6c1c Triadic#1cdc6c Split complementary#dccc1c Split complementary#2cdc1c

Blue violet in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 51, 87, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6c1cdc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

51 87 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

51 84 4 20

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 #6c1cdc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6c1cdc; }
.text { color: #6c1cdc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6c1cdc; }

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 #6c1cdc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6c1cdc 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 #6c1cdc 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 #6c1cdc 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 #6c1cdc 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.