Blue violet

#950aeb

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 vivid. 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 #950aeb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#950aeb

RGB149, 10, 235

HSL277, 92%, 48%

HSV277, 96%, 92%

CMYK37%, 96%, 0%, 8%

Lab42.16, 80.0, -79.88

XYZ27.5, 12.6, 79.58

Decimal9767659

Web safe#9900ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#8809d6 #7b08c2 #6e07ad #610699 #540684 #470570 #3a045b #2d0346 #200232 #13011d

Tints of blue violet

#a119f5 #ab30f6 #b448f7 #be60f8 #c877f9 #d18ffa #dba7fb #e5befc #eed6fd #f8eefe

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#60eb0a Analogous#240aeb Analogous#eb0ad1 Triadic#eb950a Triadic#0aeb95 Split complementary#d0eb0a Split complementary#0aeb25

Blue 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 37, 96, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #950aeb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 96 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 92 4 14

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 #950aeb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #950aeb; }
.text { color: #950aeb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #950aeb; }

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 #950aeb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #950aeb 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 #950aeb 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 #950aeb 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 #950aeb 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.