Violet

#ca8fe7

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 280 degrees. 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 #ca8fe7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca8fe7

RGB202, 143, 231

HSL280, 65%, 73%

HSV280, 38%, 91%

CMYK13%, 38%, 0%, 9%

Lab68.0, 37.77, -35.92

XYZ48.6, 37.97, 80.37

Decimal13275111

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#bd73e1 #af56db #a23ad5 #902ac3 #7b24a7 #671e8a #52186e #3d1252 #280b35 #130519

Tints of violet

#cf99e9 #d3a2eb #d8aced #dcb6ef #e1c0f1 #e6c9f4 #ead3f6 #efddf8 #f3e7fa #f8f0fc

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#ace78f Analogous#9e8fe7 Analogous#e78fd8 Triadic#e7ca8f Triadic#8fe7ca Split complementary#d8e78f Split complementary#8fe79e

Violet in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 13, 38, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca8fe7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 38 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 39 4 15

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 #ca8fe7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca8fe7; }
.text { color: #ca8fe7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca8fe7; }

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 #ca8fe7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca8fe7 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 #ca8fe7 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 #ca8fe7 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 #ca8fe7 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.