Violet

#cd8dea

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 281 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 #cd8dea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd8dea

RGB205, 141, 234

HSL281, 69%, 74%

HSV281, 40%, 92%

CMYK12%, 40%, 0%, 8%

Lab68.0, 40.36, -37.55

XYZ49.55, 37.97, 82.56

Decimal13471210

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#c070e5 #b353df #a736da #9525c8 #8020ab #6a1a8e #541571 #3f0f54 #290a37 #13051a

Tints of violet

#d197ec #d6a1ee #daabef #deb5f1 #e3bef3 #e7c8f5 #ebd2f7 #f0dcf9 #f4e6fa #f8f0fc

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#aaea8d Analogous#9e8dea Analogous#ea8dd9 Triadic#eacd8d Triadic#8deacd Split complementary#d8ea8d Split complementary#8dea9f

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 12, 40, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd8dea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 40 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 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 #cd8dea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd8dea; }
.text { color: #cd8dea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd8dea; }

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 #cd8dea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd8dea 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 #cd8dea 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 #cd8dea 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 #cd8dea is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.