Blue violet

#8932da

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 271 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 #8932da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8932da

RGB137, 50, 218

HSL271, 69%, 53%

HSV271, 77%, 85%

CMYK37%, 77%, 0%, 15%

Lab42.25, 65.45, -70.11

XYZ24.11, 12.66, 67.5

Decimal8991450

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#7d25cf #7122bb #651ea7 #591a93 #4d177e #40136a #341056 #280c42 #1c082e #10051a

Tints of blue violet

#9445dd #9f58e1 #aa6be4 #b57ee8 #c091eb #cba4ef #d6b7f2 #e0caf5 #ebddf9 #f6f0fc

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#83da32 Analogous#3532da Analogous#da32d7 Triadic#da8932 Triadic#32da89 Split complementary#d7da32 Split complementary#32da35

Blue violet in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 37, 77, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8932da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 77 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 75 4 21

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 #8932da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8932da; }
.text { color: #8932da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8932da; }

How blue violet looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Blue violet and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8932da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8932da 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 #8932da 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 #8932da 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #8932da is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.