Violet

#c78cdf

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Violet color values

Every conversion for #c78cdf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c78cdf

RGB199, 140, 223

HSL283, 56%, 71%

HSV283, 37%, 87%

CMYK11%, 37%, 0%, 13%

Lab66.69, 36.84, -33.56

XYZ46.25, 36.23, 74.37

Decimal13077727

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#ba72d8 #ae58d1 #a13ec9 #8e32b4 #7a2b9a #652480 #511c66 #3c154c #280e32 #130718

Tints of violet

#cc96e2 #d1a0e5 #d6aae7 #dbb4ea #e0bfed #e5c9f0 #e9d3f3 #eeddf5 #f3e7f8 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#a4df8c Analogous#9e8cdf Analogous#df8ccd Triadic#dfc78c Triadic#8cdfc7 Split complementary#cedf8c Split complementary#8cdf9e

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 11, 37, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c78cdf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 37 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 38 4 19

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 #c78cdf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c78cdf; }
.text { color: #c78cdf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c78cdf; }

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 #c78cdf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c78cdf 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 #c78cdf 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 #c78cdf 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 #c78cdf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.