Violet

#ed86cd

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 319 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 #ed86cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ed86cd

RGB237, 134, 205

HSL319, 74%, 73%

HSV319, 43%, 93%

CMYK0%, 43%, 14%, 7%

Lab69.08, 48.57, -19.52

XYZ54.47, 39.46, 62.5

Decimal15566541

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone245 C

Shades of violet

#e968c1 #e44bb5 #e02da8 #cc1e96 #af1a81 #91166b #741155 #560d3f #380829 #1b0414

Tints of violet

#ef91d1 #f09bd6 #f2a6da #f3b0de #f5bbe3 #f6c5e7 #f8d0ec #fadaf0 #fbe5f4 #fdeff9

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#86eda6 Analogous#da86ed Analogous#ed8699 Triadic#cded86 Triadic#86cded Split complementary#9aed86 Split complementary#86edda

Violet in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 14, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ed86cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 14 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 17 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 #ed86cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ed86cd; }
.text { color: #ed86cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ed86cd; }

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 #ed86cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ed86cd 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 #ed86cd 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 #ed86cd 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 #ed86cd is computed, not guessed. 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.