Blue violet

#a522ee

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 279 degrees. 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 #a522ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a522ee

RGB165, 34, 238

HSL279, 86%, 53%

HSV279, 86%, 93%

CMYK31%, 86%, 0%, 7%

Lab46.06, 78.57, -75.09

XYZ31.52, 15.32, 82.18

Decimal10822382

Web safe#9933ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#9a12e6 #8b10d0 #7c0eb9 #6d0da3 #5e0b8c #4f0976 #400760 #310649 #220433 #13021c

Tints of blue violet

#ad36f0 #b64bf1 #be5ff3 #c674f4 #cf88f6 #d79df7 #dfb1f9 #e8c6fb #f0dafc #f8eefe

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#6bee22 Analogous#3f22ee Analogous#ee22d1 Triadic#eea522 Triadic#22eea5 Split complementary#d1ee22 Split complementary#22ee3f

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 31, 86, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a522ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 86 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 83 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 #a522ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a522ee; }
.text { color: #a522ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a522ee; }

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 #a522ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a522ee 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 #a522ee 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 #a522ee 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

Every value on this page for #a522ee is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.