Blue violet

#883ade

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

This is Blue violet, a strong purple at 269 degrees. 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 #883ade, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#883ade

RGB136, 58, 222

HSL269, 71%, 55%

HSV269, 74%, 87%

CMYK39%, 74%, 0%, 13%

Lab43.56, 63.01, -70.26

XYZ24.85, 13.53, 70.41

Decimal8927966

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#7b25da #6f21c5 #631db0 #571a9a #4b1685 #3f1370 #330f5a #270c45 #1b0830 #0f041a

Tints of blue violet

#934ce1 #9e5ee4 #a971e7 #b483ea #bf95ed #caa7f0 #d5b9f3 #e0cbf6 #ebdef9 #f6f0fc

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#90de3a Analogous#3a3ede Analogous#da3ade Triadic#de883a Triadic#3ade88 Split complementary#deda3a Split complementary#3ede3a

Blue violet in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 39, 74, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #883ade on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 74 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 72 4 19

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.

Blue violet in css

Copy #883ade straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #883ade; }
.text { color: #883ade; }
.border { border: 2px solid #883ade; }

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 #883ade against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #883ade 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 #883ade 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 #883ade 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 #883ade 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. 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.