Violet

#ed86ec

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

Violet is a light pink, open 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 #ed86ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ed86ec

RGB237, 134, 236

HSL301, 74%, 73%

HSV301, 43%, 93%

CMYK0%, 43%, 0%, 7%

Lab70.25, 53.75, -34.87

XYZ58.59, 41.11, 84.2

Decimal15566572

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone245 C

Shades of violet

#e968e7 #e44be3 #e02dde #cc1ecb #af1aad #911690 #741173 #560d55 #380838 #1b041a

Tints of violet

#ef91ee #f09bef #f2a6f1 #f3b0f3 #f5bbf4 #f6c5f6 #f8d0f8 #fadaf9 #fbe5fb #fdeffd

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#86ed87 Analogous#bb86ed Analogous#ed86b8 Triadic#eced86 Triadic#86eced Split complementary#b9ed86 Split complementary#86edbb

Violet in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ed86ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 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 #ed86ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ed86ec; }
.text { color: #ed86ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ed86ec; }

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 #ed86ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ed86ec 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 #ed86ec 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 #ed86ec 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 #ed86ec are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.