Blue violet

#9c19ef

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 277 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 #9c19ef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c19ef

RGB156, 25, 239

HSL277, 87%, 52%

HSV277, 90%, 94%

CMYK35%, 90%, 0%, 6%

Lab44.23, 79.46, -78.71

XYZ29.64, 14.0, 82.8

Decimal10230255

Web safe#9900ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#9010e1 #820ecb #740db5 #660ba0 #580a8a #4a0874 #3c075e #2e0548 #200432 #12021d

Tints of blue violet

#a52ef0 #ae44f2 #b859f3 #c16ef5 #ca84f6 #d399f8 #dcaef9 #e5c4fb #efd9fc #f8eefe

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#6cef19 Analogous#3119ef Analogous#ef19d7 Triadic#ef9c19 Triadic#19ef9c Split complementary#d7ef19 Split complementary#19ef31

Blue violet in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 35, 90, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c19ef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 90 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 87 4 12

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 #9c19ef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c19ef; }
.text { color: #9c19ef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c19ef; }

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 #9c19ef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c19ef 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 #9c19ef 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 #9c19ef 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

Here is how the numbers for #9c19ef 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.