Dark violet

#8d1cce

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark violet color values

Every conversion for #8d1cce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d1cce

RGB141, 28, 206

HSL278, 76%, 46%

HSV278, 86%, 81%

CMYK32%, 86%, 0%, 19%

Lab39.5, 70.28, -67.66

XYZ22.54, 10.95, 59.32

Decimal9247950

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2592 C

Shades of dark violet

#811abc #7417aa #681598 #5c1286 #501074 #430d63 #370b51 #2b093f #1f062d #12041b

Tints of dark violet

#9c23e1 #a639e4 #b050e7 #ba67ea #c57eed #cf94f1 #d9abf4 #e3c2f7 #eed9fa #f8effd

Colors that go with dark violet

Complementary#5dce1c Analogous#341cce Analogous#ce1cb6 Triadic#ce8d1c Triadic#1cce8d Split complementary#b6ce1c Split complementary#1cce34

Dark 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 32, 86, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d1cce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 86 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 83 4 25

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.

Dark violet in css

Copy #8d1cce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d1cce; }
.text { color: #8d1cce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d1cce; }

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 #8d1cce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d1cce against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8d1cce 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8d1cce 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

Here is how the numbers for #8d1cce are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.