Dark violet

#8d20bf

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

Dark violet falls in the purple range, deep and strong. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark violet color values

Every conversion for #8d20bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d20bf

RGB141, 32, 191

HSL281, 71%, 44%

HSV281, 83%, 75%

CMYK26%, 83%, 0%, 25%

Lab38.65, 66.25, -60.29

XYZ20.9, 10.46, 50.21

Decimal9248959

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2592 C

Shades of dark violet

#811daf #751a9e #69188e #5c157d #50126d #440f5c #380d4c #2c0a3b #20072b #13041a

Tints of dark violet

#9e24d6 #a937de #b34ee1 #bd65e5 #c77ce9 #d194ed #dbabf1 #e5c2f5 #efd9f9 #f8f0fc

Colors that go with dark violet

Complementary#52bf20 Analogous#3e20bf Analogous#bf20a1 Triadic#bf8d20 Triadic#20bf8d Split complementary#a1bf20 Split complementary#20bf3e

Dark violet in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 26, 83, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d20bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 83 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 80 4 31

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.

Dark violet in css

Copy #8d20bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d20bf; }
.text { color: #8d20bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d20bf; }

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 #8d20bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d20bf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8d20bf 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8d20bf 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 #8d20bf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.