Blue violet

#af07f9

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 #af07f9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af07f9

RGB175, 7, 249

HSL282, 95%, 50%

HSV282, 97%, 98%

CMYK30%, 97%, 0%, 2%

Lab47.11, 85.85, -79.5

XYZ34.85, 16.11, 90.89

Decimal11470841

Web safe#9900ff

Pantone2582 C

Shades of blue violet

#a006e4 #9005ce #8104b8 #7204a2 #62038c #530376 #430260 #34024a #240134 #15011e

Tints of blue violet

#b61efa #be35fa #c54cfb #cd63fb #d47afc #dc91fc #e3a8fd #ebbffd #f2d7fe #f9eeff

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#51f907 Analogous#3607f9 Analogous#f907ca Triadic#f9af07 Triadic#07f9af Split complementary#caf907 Split complementary#07f936

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 30, 97, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af07f9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 97 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 93 4 8

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 #af07f9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af07f9; }
.text { color: #af07f9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af07f9; }

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 #af07f9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af07f9 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 #af07f9 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 #af07f9 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 #af07f9 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.