Dark violet

#8122c2

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 #8122c2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8122c2

RGB129, 34, 194

HSL276, 70%, 45%

HSV276, 82%, 76%

CMYK34%, 82%, 0%, 24%

Lab37.31, 64.42, -64.31

XYZ19.36, 9.71, 51.89

Decimal8463042

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of dark violet

#761fb1 #6b1ca0 #5f1990 #54167f #49136e #3e105d #330d4c #280a3c #1c082b #11051a

Tints of dark violet

#9026d8 #9b3cdd #a752e1 #b269e5 #be7fe9 #c996ed #d5acf1 #e0c3f4 #ecd9f8 #f7f0fc

Colors that go with dark violet

Complementary#63c222 Analogous#3122c2 Analogous#c222b3 Triadic#c28122 Triadic#22c281 Split complementary#b3c222 Split complementary#22c231

Dark violet in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 34, 82, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8122c2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 82 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 79 4 30

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 #8122c2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8122c2; }
.text { color: #8122c2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8122c2; }

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 #8122c2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8122c2 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 #8122c2 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 #8122c2 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 #8122c2 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.