Violet

#db95ec

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 288 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 #db95ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#db95ec

RGB219, 149, 236

HSL288, 70%, 75%

HSV288, 37%, 93%

CMYK7%, 37%, 0%, 7%

Lab71.29, 40.66, -33.42

XYZ55.1, 42.61, 84.68

Decimal14390764

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#d177e7 #c759e1 #bc3bdc #ad25ce #9420b0 #7b1a92 #611574 #480f56 #2f0a38 #16051a

Tints of violet

#de9eee #e1a7ef #e4b0f1 #e7b9f3 #eac2f4 #eeccf6 #f1d5f7 #f4def9 #f7e7fb #faf0fc

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#a6ec95 Analogous#b095ec Analogous#ec95d1 Triadic#ecdb95 Triadic#95ecdb Split complementary#d2ec95 Split complementary#95ecb0

Violet in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 37, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #db95ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 37 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 38 4 13

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 #db95ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #db95ec; }
.text { color: #db95ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #db95ec; }

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 #db95ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #db95ec 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 #db95ec 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 #db95ec 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 #db95ec 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.