Violet

#ec83ce

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 317 degrees. 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 #ec83ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec83ce

RGB236, 131, 206

HSL317, 73%, 72%

HSV317, 44%, 93%

CMYK0%, 44%, 13%, 7%

Lab68.4, 49.92, -21.12

XYZ53.85, 38.52, 62.99

Decimal15500238

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone245 C

Shades of violet

#e866c2 #e349b7 #df2bab #ca1f99 #ac1a83 #8f166d #721156 #550d40 #38092a #1b0414

Tints of violet

#ee8ed2 #ef99d7 #f1a4db #f3aedf #f4b9e3 #f6c4e8 #f8cfec #f9daf0 #fbe5f5 #fdf0f9

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#83eca1 Analogous#d583ec Analogous#ec839a Triadic#ceec83 Triadic#83ceec Split complementary#9aec83 Split complementary#83ecd5

Violet in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 44, 13, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec83ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 13 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 16 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Violet in css

Copy #ec83ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec83ce; }
.text { color: #ec83ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec83ce; }

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 #ec83ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec83ce 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 #ec83ce 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 #ec83ce 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 #ec83ce 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.