Violet

#ee85ff

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 #ee85ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee85ff

RGB238, 133, 255

HSL292, 100%, 76%

HSV292, 48%, 100%

CMYK7%, 48%, 0%, 0%

Lab70.99, 57.97, -44.1

XYZ61.7, 42.17, 99.5

Decimal15631871

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#e961ff #e43eff #df1aff #d300f5 #b400d1 #9500ae #77008a #580066 #390042 #1a001f

Tints of violet

#ef8fff #f19aff #f2a4ff #f4afff #f5b9ff #f7c3ff #f8ceff #fad8ff #fbe3ff #fdedff

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#96ff85 Analogous#b185ff Analogous#ff85d3 Triadic#ffee85 Triadic#85ffee Split complementary#d3ff85 Split complementary#85ffb1

Violet in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 7, 48, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee85ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 48 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 48 4 6

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 #ee85ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee85ff; }
.text { color: #ee85ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee85ff; }

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 #ee85ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee85ff 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 #ee85ff 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 #ee85ff 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 #ee85ff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.