Blue violet

#6d21d9

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Blue violet color values

Every conversion for #6d21d9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d21d9

RGB109, 33, 217

HSL265, 74%, 49%

HSV265, 85%, 85%

CMYK50%, 85%, 0%, 15%

Lab36.65, 67.34, -78.86

XYZ19.37, 9.35, 66.43

Decimal7152089

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue violet

#631ec6 #5a1bb3 #5018a0 #47158d #3d137a #341067 #2a0d54 #200a41 #17072e #0d041b

Tints of blue violet

#7a32e0 #8847e3 #955ce6 #a371e9 #b186ed #be9bf0 #ccb0f3 #dac5f6 #e7daf9 #f5f0fd

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#8dd921 Analogous#2131d9 Analogous#c921d9 Triadic#d96d21 Triadic#21d96d Split complementary#d9c921 Split complementary#31d921

Blue violet in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 50, 85, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d21d9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 85 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 82 4 21

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Blue violet in css

Copy #6d21d9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d21d9; }
.text { color: #6d21d9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d21d9; }

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 #6d21d9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d21d9 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6d21d9 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6d21d9 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

Every value on this page for #6d21d9 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.