Violet

#de95ec

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for violet, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Violet, a strong pink at 290 degrees. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Violet color values

Every conversion for #de95ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de95ec

RGB222, 149, 236

HSL290, 70%, 75%

HSV290, 37%, 93%

CMYK6%, 37%, 0%, 7%

Lab71.61, 41.57, -32.9

XYZ56.01, 43.08, 84.72

Decimal14587372

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#d577e7 #cb59e1 #c23bdc #b325ce #9920b0 #7f1a92 #651574 #4b0f56 #310a38 #17051a

Tints of violet

#e19eee #e4a7ef #e6b0f1 #e9b9f3 #ecc2f4 #efccf6 #f2d5f7 #f5def9 #f7e7fb #faf0fc

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#a3ec95 Analogous#b295ec Analogous#ec95cf Triadic#ecde95 Triadic#95ecde Split complementary#cfec95 Split complementary#95ecb2

Violet in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 6, 37, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #de95ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 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 #de95ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de95ec; }
.text { color: #de95ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de95ec; }

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 #de95ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de95ec 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 #de95ec 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 #de95ec 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

The figures for #de95ec come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.