Blue violet

#a320ff

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

Blue violet is a mid purple with a grounded cast. 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 #a320ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a320ff

RGB163, 32, 255

HSL275, 100%, 56%

HSV275, 87%, 100%

CMYK36%, 87%, 0%, 0%

Lab47.03, 82.12, -83.07

XYZ33.67, 16.04, 95.93

Decimal10690815

Web safe#9933ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#9806ff #8a00ec #7b00d2 #6c00b8 #5d009f #4e0085 #3f006c #300052 #210038 #12001f

Tints of blue violet

#ab35ff #b449ff #bc5eff #c572ff #cd87ff #d69bff #deb0ff #e7c4ff #efd9ff #f8edff

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#7cff20 Analogous#3420ff Analogous#ff20eb Triadic#ffa320 Triadic#20ffa3 Split complementary#ecff20 Split complementary#20ff33

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 36, 87, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a320ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 87 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 84 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 #a320ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a320ff; }
.text { color: #a320ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a320ff; }

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 #a320ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a320ff 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 #a320ff 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 #a320ff 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 #a320ff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.