Violet

#cd8dde

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Violet color values

Every conversion for #cd8dde, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd8dde

RGB205, 141, 222

HSL287, 55%, 71%

HSV287, 36%, 87%

CMYK8%, 36%, 0%, 13%

Lab67.5, 37.93, -31.7

XYZ47.89, 37.3, 73.78

Decimal13471198

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#c273d7 #b659cf #ab40c8 #9834b2 #822c99 #6c257f #561d65 #40164b #2a0e32 #140718

Tints of violet

#d197e1 #d6a1e4 #daabe7 #dfb5ea #e3bfec #e7c9ef #ecd3f2 #f0ddf5 #f5e7f8 #f9f1fb

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#9ede8d Analogous#a48dde Analogous#de8dc7 Triadic#decd8d Triadic#8ddecd Split complementary#c7de8d Split complementary#8ddea4

Violet in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 8, 36, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd8dde on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 36 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 37 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 #cd8dde straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd8dde; }
.text { color: #cd8dde; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd8dde; }

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 #cd8dde against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd8dde 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 #cd8dde 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 #cd8dde 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 #cd8dde 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.