Blue violet

#901cec

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

This is Blue violet, a vivid purple at 273 degrees. 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.

Blue violet color values

Every conversion for #901cec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#901cec

RGB144, 28, 236

HSL273, 85%, 52%

HSV273, 88%, 93%

CMYK39%, 88%, 0%, 7%

Lab42.48, 76.83, -79.94

XYZ27.06, 12.82, 80.4

Decimal9444588

Web safe#9933ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#8413de #7711c9 #6a0fb3 #5e0d9d #510b88 #440a72 #37085d #2a0647 #1e0432 #11021c

Tints of blue violet

#9a31ee #a546f0 #af5bf1 #b970f3 #c385f5 #ce9af7 #d8aff8 #e2c4fa #edd9fc #f7effe

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#78ec1c Analogous#281cec Analogous#ec1ce0 Triadic#ec901c Triadic#1cec90 Split complementary#e0ec1c Split complementary#1cec28

Blue violet in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 39, 88, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #901cec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 88 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 85 4 13

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 #901cec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #901cec; }
.text { color: #901cec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #901cec; }

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 #901cec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #901cec 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 #901cec 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 #901cec 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 #901cec 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. 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.