Blue violet

#8d42e1

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 strong. 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 #8d42e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d42e1

RGB141, 66, 225

HSL268, 73%, 57%

HSV268, 71%, 88%

CMYK37%, 71%, 0%, 12%

Lab45.63, 61.1, -68.57

XYZ26.52, 15.0, 72.73

Decimal9257697

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#7f2cdd #7321ce #661db8 #5a1aa1 #4d168b #411274 #340f5e #280b47 #1b0831 #0f041a

Tints of blue violet

#9753e4 #a265e7 #ac76e9 #b787ec #c199ef #ccaaf2 #d6bcf4 #e1cdf7 #ebdefa #f6f0fd

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#96e142 Analogous#4246e1 Analogous#dd42e1 Triadic#e18d42 Triadic#42e18d Split complementary#e1dd42 Split complementary#46e142

Blue violet in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 37, 71, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d42e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 71 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 69 4 18

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Blue violet in css

Copy #8d42e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d42e1; }
.text { color: #8d42e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d42e1; }

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 #8d42e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d42e1 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 #8d42e1 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 #8d42e1 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

Every value on this page for #8d42e1 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.