Violet

#e491ed

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

Violet is a light pink, relaxed and easy to pair. 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 #e491ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e491ed

RGB228, 145, 237

HSL294, 72%, 75%

HSV294, 39%, 93%

CMYK4%, 39%, 0%, 7%

Lab71.46, 45.67, -33.63

XYZ57.41, 42.86, 85.37

Decimal14979565

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#dd73e8 #d555e3 #ce36de #bf22cf #a31db1 #871893 #6b1375 #500e57 #340938 #18041a

Tints of violet

#e69aef #e9a4f0 #ebadf2 #edb7f3 #f0c0f5 #f2caf6 #f4d3f8 #f7ddf9 #f9e6fb #fbf0fc

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#9aed91 Analogous#b691ed Analogous#ed91c8 Triadic#ede491 Triadic#91ede4 Split complementary#c8ed91 Split complementary#91edb6

Violet in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 4, 39, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e491ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 39 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 40 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Violet in css

Copy #e491ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e491ed; }
.text { color: #e491ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e491ed; }

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 #e491ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e491ed against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e491ed 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e491ed 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

Every value on this page for #e491ed is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.