Violet

#bc89eb

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

Violet is a light purple with a soft cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Violet color values

Every conversion for #bc89eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc89eb

RGB188, 137, 235

HSL271, 71%, 73%

HSV271, 42%, 92%

CMYK20%, 42%, 0%, 8%

Lab65.42, 37.82, -42.26

XYZ44.68, 34.58, 82.92

Decimal12356075

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of violet

#ab6ce6 #9b4fe1 #8a31dc #7922c9 #681dac #56188f #441372 #330e55 #210937 #10041a

Tints of violet

#c293ed #c89eee #cea8f0 #d3b2f2 #d9bcf4 #dfc7f5 #e5d1f7 #ebdbf9 #f1e5fb #f6f0fc

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#b8eb89 Analogous#8b89eb Analogous#eb89e9 Triadic#ebbc89 Triadic#89ebbc Split complementary#e9eb89 Split complementary#89eb8b

Violet in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 20, 42, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc89eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 42 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 43 4 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Violet in css

Copy #bc89eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc89eb; }
.text { color: #bc89eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc89eb; }

How violet looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Violet and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bc89eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc89eb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bc89eb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around violet? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bc89eb 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 violet, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #bc89eb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.