Violet

#df79ec

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

Violet sits in the pink band, light and strong. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Violet color values

Every conversion for #df79ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#df79ec

RGB223, 121, 236

HSL293, 75%, 70%

HSV293, 49%, 93%

CMYK6%, 49%, 0%, 7%

Lab66.07, 56.24, -41.51

XYZ52.41, 35.42, 83.43

Decimal14645740

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#d85ce8 #d140e4 #cb23e0 #b31cc6 #9918aa #7f148d #661071 #4c0c54 #320837 #18041b

Tints of violet

#e285ee #e591ef #e79df1 #eaa8f3 #edb4f4 #f0c0f6 #f3ccf8 #f6d8f9 #f8e4fb #fbeffd

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#86ec79 Analogous#a579ec Analogous#ec79c0 Triadic#ecdf79 Triadic#79ecdf Split complementary#c0ec79 Split complementary#79eca5

Violet in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 6, 49, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #df79ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 49 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 49 4 13

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 #df79ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #df79ec; }
.text { color: #df79ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #df79ec; }

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 #df79ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #df79ec 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 #df79ec 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 #df79ec 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 #df79ec are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.