Blue violet

#8516ea

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 grounded cast. 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 #8516ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8516ea

RGB133, 22, 234

HSL271, 83%, 50%

HSV271, 91%, 92%

CMYK43%, 91%, 0%, 8%

Lab40.41, 76.4, -82.27

XYZ24.81, 11.5, 78.75

Decimal8722154

Web safe#9900ff

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue violet

#7913d6 #6e11c1 #6210ad #560e98 #4a0c83 #3f0a6f #33085a #270645 #1c0431 #10031c

Tints of blue violet

#902cec #9c41ee #a757f0 #b26df2 #be82f4 #c998f6 #d4aef8 #e0c3fa #ebd9fc #f6effe

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#7bea16 Analogous#1b16ea Analogous#ea16e5 Triadic#ea8516 Triadic#16ea85 Split complementary#e5ea16 Split complementary#16ea1b

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 43, 91, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8516ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 91 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 88 4 14

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.

Blue violet in css

Copy #8516ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8516ea; }
.text { color: #8516ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8516ea; }

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 #8516ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8516ea against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8516ea 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8516ea 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 #8516ea 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.