Violet

#dc85ff

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 vivid. 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 #dc85ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dc85ff

RGB220, 133, 255

HSL283, 100%, 76%

HSV283, 48%, 100%

CMYK14%, 48%, 0%, 0%

Lab68.9, 53.08, -47.52

XYZ55.95, 39.21, 99.23

Decimal14452223

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#d261ff #c73eff #bd1aff #af00f5 #9500d1 #7c00ae #62008a #490066 #2f0042 #16001f

Tints of violet

#df8fff #e29aff #e5a4ff #e8afff #ebb9ff #eec3ff #f1ceff #f4d8ff #f7e3ff #faedff

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#a8ff85 Analogous#9f85ff Analogous#ff85e5 Triadic#ffdc85 Triadic#85ffdc Split complementary#e5ff85 Split complementary#85ff9f

Violet in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 14, 48, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dc85ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 48 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 48 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 #dc85ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dc85ff; }
.text { color: #dc85ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dc85ff; }

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 #dc85ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dc85ff 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 #dc85ff 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 #dc85ff 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 #dc85ff 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.