Violet

#bf8deb

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

This is Violet, a strong purple at 272 degrees. 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 #bf8deb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf8deb

RGB191, 141, 235

HSL272, 70%, 74%

HSV272, 40%, 92%

CMYK19%, 40%, 0%, 8%

Lab66.61, 36.48, -40.37

XYZ46.01, 36.12, 83.15

Decimal12553707

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of violet

#af70e6 #9e52e1 #8e35dc #7c23ca #6a1ead #581990 #461472 #340f55 #220a37 #10051a

Tints of violet

#c597ed #caa1ee #d0abf0 #d5b5f2 #dbbef4 #e0c8f5 #e6d2f7 #ebdcf9 #f1e6fb #f6f0fc

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#b9eb8d Analogous#908deb Analogous#eb8de8 Triadic#ebbf8d Triadic#8debbf Split complementary#e8eb8d Split complementary#8deb90

Violet in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 40, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf8deb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 40 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 41 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Violet in css

Copy #bf8deb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf8deb; }
.text { color: #bf8deb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf8deb; }

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 #bf8deb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf8deb 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 #bf8deb 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 #bf8deb 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

Here is how the numbers for #bf8deb are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.