Blue violet

#871ae6

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

Blue violet falls in the purple range, mid and vivid. 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 #871ae6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#871ae6

RGB135, 26, 230

HSL272, 80%, 50%

HSV272, 89%, 90%

CMYK41%, 89%, 0%, 10%

Lab40.58, 74.96, -79.71

XYZ24.64, 11.6, 75.8

Decimal8854246

Web safe#9933ff

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue violet

#7b17d2 #6f15be #6313aa #571096 #4c0e81 #400c6d #340a59 #280744 #1c0530 #10031c

Tints of blue violet

#922fe8 #9d45eb #a85aed #b46fef #bf84f2 #ca9af4 #d5aff6 #e0c4f9 #ebdafb #f7effd

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#79e61a Analogous#211ae6 Analogous#e61adf Triadic#e6871a Triadic#1ae687 Split complementary#dfe61a Split complementary#1ae621

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 41, 89, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #871ae6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 89 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 86 4 16

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 #871ae6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #871ae6; }
.text { color: #871ae6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #871ae6; }

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 #871ae6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #871ae6 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 #871ae6 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 #871ae6 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

The figures for #871ae6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.