Blue violet

#a232ff

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Blue violet color values

Every conversion for #a232ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a232ff

RGB162, 50, 255

HSL273, 100%, 60%

HSV273, 80%, 100%

CMYK36%, 80%, 0%, 0%

Lab48.49, 77.28, -80.68

XYZ34.09, 17.18, 96.13

Decimal10629887

Web safe#9933ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#9617ff #8900fa #7a00df #6b00c3 #5c00a8 #4d008c #3e0071 #2f0055 #20003a #11001f

Tints of blue violet

#aa45ff #b357ff #bb6aff #c47dff #cc90ff #d5a2ff #ddb5ff #e6c8ff #eedaff #f7edff

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#8fff32 Analogous#3b32ff Analogous#ff32f6 Triadic#ffa232 Triadic#32ffa2 Split complementary#f6ff32 Split complementary#32ff3b

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 36, 80, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a232ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 80 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 78 4 6

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Blue violet in css

Copy #a232ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a232ff; }
.text { color: #a232ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a232ff; }

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 #a232ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a232ff against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a232ff 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a232ff 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 #a232ff are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.