Violet

#e885cd

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 316 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 #e885cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e885cd

RGB232, 133, 205

HSL316, 68%, 72%

HSV316, 43%, 91%

CMYK0%, 43%, 12%, 9%

Lab68.27, 47.5, -20.82

XYZ52.69, 38.34, 62.38

Decimal15238605

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone245 C

Shades of violet

#e369c1 #dd4db6 #d831aa #c32598 #a61f82 #8a1a6c #6e1556 #520f40 #360a2a #1a0514

Tints of violet

#ea90d1 #ec9ad6 #eea5da #f0b0df #f2bae3 #f4c5e7 #f6d0ec #f8dbf0 #fae5f4 #fcf0f9

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#85e8a0 Analogous#d285e8 Analogous#e8859b Triadic#cde885 Triadic#85cde8 Split complementary#9be885 Split complementary#85e8d2

Violet in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 12, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e885cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 12 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 15 15

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 #e885cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e885cd; }
.text { color: #e885cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e885cd; }

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 #e885cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e885cd 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 #e885cd 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 #e885cd 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 #e885cd are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.