Violet

#ea8eed

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 #ea8eed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea8eed

RGB234, 142, 237

HSL298, 73%, 74%

HSV298, 40%, 93%

CMYK1%, 40%, 0%, 7%

Lab71.52, 49.0, -33.47

XYZ58.89, 42.95, 85.31

Decimal15372013

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#e470e8 #df52e3 #d934df #c921cf #ac1cb1 #8f1793 #711375 #540e57 #370938 #1a041a

Tints of violet

#ec98ef #eea2f0 #efabf2 #f1b5f3 #f3bff5 #f5c9f6 #f7d2f8 #f9dcf9 #fae6fb #fcf0fd

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#91ed8e Analogous#ba8eed Analogous#ed8ec1 Triadic#edea8e Triadic#8eedea Split complementary#c1ed8e Split complementary#8eedba

Violet in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 1, 40, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea8eed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 40 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 41 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 #ea8eed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea8eed; }
.text { color: #ea8eed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea8eed; }

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 #ea8eed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea8eed 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 #ea8eed 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 #ea8eed 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 #ea8eed are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.