Dark violet

#712aba

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

Dark violet is a mid purple with a grounded 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.

Dark violet color values

Every conversion for #712aba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#712aba

RGB113, 42, 186

HSL270, 63%, 45%

HSV270, 77%, 73%

CMYK39%, 77%, 0%, 27%

Lab35.42, 57.28, -62.77

XYZ16.5, 8.71, 47.27

Decimal7416506

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of dark violet

#6726aa #5d239a #541f8a #4a1b7a #401869 #361459 #2d1149 #230d39 #190929 #0f0619

Tints of dark violet

#7e2fd0 #8b44d5 #995ada #a66fdf #b385e3 #c19ae8 #ceb0ed #dbc5f2 #e9dbf7 #f6f0fc

Colors that go with dark violet

Complementary#73ba2a Analogous#2a2bba Analogous#b92aba Triadic#ba712a Triadic#2aba71 Split complementary#bab92a Split complementary#2bba2a

Dark 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 39, 77, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #712aba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 77 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 75 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.

Dark violet in css

Copy #712aba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #712aba; }
.text { color: #712aba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #712aba; }

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 #712aba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #712aba 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 #712aba 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 #712aba 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 #712aba are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.