Blue violet

#a830fd

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 balanced 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 #a830fd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a830fd

RGB168, 48, 253

HSL275, 98%, 59%

HSV275, 81%, 99%

CMYK34%, 81%, 0%, 1%

Lab48.92, 78.33, -78.82

XYZ34.94, 17.53, 94.47

Decimal11022589

Web safe#9933ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#9d15fd #9002f5 #8002da #7102bf #6102a4 #510189 #41016f #310154 #220139 #12001e

Tints of blue violet

#b043fd #b856fd #c069fe #c87cfe #d08ffe #d8a2fe #e0b5fe #e8c7fe #f0daff #f8edff

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#85fd30 Analogous#4130fd Analogous#fd30ec Triadic#fda830 Triadic#30fda8 Split complementary#ecfd30 Split complementary#30fd42

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 34, 81, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a830fd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 81 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 79 4 7

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 #a830fd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a830fd; }
.text { color: #a830fd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a830fd; }

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 #a830fd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a830fd 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 #a830fd 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 #a830fd 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #a830fd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.