Violet

#bc8bee

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

Violet falls in the purple range, light and strong. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Violet color values

Every conversion for #bc8bee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc8bee

RGB188, 139, 238

HSL270, 74%, 74%

HSV270, 42%, 93%

CMYK21%, 42%, 0%, 7%

Lab66.0, 37.39, -42.99

XYZ45.4, 35.33, 85.32

Decimal12356590

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of violet

#ab6dea #994fe5 #8830e1 #761ed0 #651ab2 #541694 #431175 #320d57 #200839 #0f041b

Tints of violet

#c295ef #c89ff1 #cda9f2 #d3b3f4 #d9bdf5 #dfc7f7 #e5d1f8 #eadbfa #f0e5fb #f6effd

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#bdee8b Analogous#8b8bee Analogous#ee8bee Triadic#eebc8b Triadic#8beebc Split complementary#eeed8b Split complementary#8cee8b

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 21, 42, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc8bee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 42 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 43 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.

Violet in css

Copy #bc8bee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc8bee; }
.text { color: #bc8bee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc8bee; }

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 #bc8bee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc8bee against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bc8bee 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bc8bee 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

Every value on this page for #bc8bee is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.