Violet

#d59bfe

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 relaxed 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 #d59bfe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d59bfe

RGB213, 155, 254

HSL275, 98%, 80%

HSV275, 39%, 100%

CMYK16%, 39%, 0%, 0%

Lab72.72, 39.34, -41.04

XYZ57.05, 44.74, 99.4

Decimal13999102

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#c576fe #b650fd #a62bfd #9605fd #8002da #6a02b4 #54018f #3e0169 #280144 #12001e

Tints of violet

#d8a3fe #dcabfe #dfb4fe #e3bcfe #e6c4fe #eaccfe #edd5ff #f1ddff #f4e5ff #f8edff

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#c4fe9b Analogous#a39bfe Analogous#fe9bf6 Triadic#fed59b Triadic#9bfed5 Split complementary#f6fe9b Split complementary#9bfea3

Violet in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 16, 39, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d59bfe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 39 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 40 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #d59bfe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d59bfe; }
.text { color: #d59bfe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d59bfe; }

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 #d59bfe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d59bfe 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 #d59bfe 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 #d59bfe 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 #d59bfe are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.