Blue violet

#840bff

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 confident 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 #840bff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#840bff

RGB132, 11, 255

HSL270, 100%, 52%

HSV270, 96%, 100%

CMYK48%, 96%, 0%, 0%

Lab41.79, 82.35, -91.83

XYZ27.69, 12.36, 95.54

Decimal8653823

Web safe#9900ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#7800f2 #6d00db #6100c3 #5500ac #4a0094 #3e007d #320065 #27004e #1b0036 #0f001f

Tints of blue violet

#8f22ff #9b38ff #a64fff #b265ff #bd7cff #c893ff #d4a9ff #dfc0ff #ebd7ff #f6edff

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#86ff0b Analogous#0b0cff Analogous#fe0bff Triadic#ff840b Triadic#0bff84 Split complementary#fffe0b Split complementary#0cff0b

Blue violet in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 48, 96, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #840bff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 96 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 92 4 6

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 #840bff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #840bff; }
.text { color: #840bff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #840bff; }

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 #840bff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #840bff 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 #840bff 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 #840bff 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 #840bff are worked out. 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.