Violet

#cf8ce9

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

Violet color values

Every conversion for #cf8ce9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cf8ce9

RGB207, 140, 233

HSL283, 68%, 73%

HSV283, 40%, 91%

CMYK11%, 40%, 0%, 9%

Lab67.95, 41.28, -37.06

XYZ49.82, 37.9, 81.78

Decimal13602025

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#c36fe4 #b753de #ab36d9 #9926c6 #8320a9 #6d1b8d #571570 #401053 #2a0a36 #14051a

Tints of violet

#d396eb #d7a0ed #dcaaef #e0b4f1 #e4bef3 #e8c8f4 #ecd2f6 #f0dcf8 #f5e6fa #f9f0fc

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#a6e98c Analogous#a18ce9 Analogous#e98cd4 Triadic#e9cf8c Triadic#8ce9cf Split complementary#d4e98c Split complementary#8ce9a1

Violet in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 40, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cf8ce9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 40 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 41 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 #cf8ce9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cf8ce9; }
.text { color: #cf8ce9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cf8ce9; }

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 #cf8ce9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cf8ce9 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 #cf8ce9 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 #cf8ce9 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 #cf8ce9 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.