Dark violet

#840cdd

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 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.

Dark violet color values

Every conversion for #840cdd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#840cdd

RGB132, 12, 221

HSL274, 90%, 46%

HSV274, 95%, 87%

CMYK40%, 95%, 0%, 13%

Lab38.53, 75.16, -77.95

XYZ22.7, 10.39, 69.22

Decimal8654045

Web safe#9900cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of dark violet

#790bca #6d0ab7 #6209a3 #560890 #4b077d #3f066a #340557 #280443 #1d0330 #11021d

Tints of dark violet

#9211f2 #9d29f3 #a942f5 #b45bf6 #bf73f7 #ca8cf9 #d6a4fa #e1bdfb #ecd5fd #f7eefe

Colors that go with dark violet

Complementary#65dd0c Analogous#1c0cdd Analogous#dd0ccd Triadic#dd840c Triadic#0cdd84 Split complementary#cddd0c Split complementary#0cdd1c

Dark 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 40, 95, 0, 13.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 95 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 91 4 19

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.

Dark violet in css

Copy #840cdd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #840cdd 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 #840cdd 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 #840cdd 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

The figures for #840cdd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.