Violet

#de74ff

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Violet color values

Every conversion for #de74ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de74ff

RGB222, 116, 255

HSL286, 100%, 73%

HSV286, 55%, 100%

CMYK13%, 55%, 0%, 0%

Lab65.94, 62.02, -52.19

XYZ54.42, 35.24, 98.54

Decimal14578943

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#d652ff #ce30ff #c60eff #b300eb #9900c9 #7f00a7 #650085 #4b0063 #310041 #17001f

Tints of violet

#e180ff #e48cff #e798ff #eaa4ff #ecb1ff #efbdff #f2c9ff #f5d5ff #f8e1ff #fbedff

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#95ff74 Analogous#9874ff Analogous#ff74db Triadic#ffde74 Triadic#74ffde Split complementary#dbff74 Split complementary#74ff99

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 13, 55, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #de74ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 55 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 55 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 #de74ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de74ff; }
.text { color: #de74ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de74ff; }

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 #de74ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de74ff 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 #de74ff 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 #de74ff 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 #de74ff are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.