Violet

#f78eda

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 vivid. 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 #f78eda, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f78eda

RGB247, 142, 218

HSL317, 87%, 76%

HSV317, 43%, 97%

CMYK0%, 43%, 12%, 3%

Lab72.35, 49.73, -21.64

XYZ60.69, 44.18, 71.66

Decimal16223962

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone237 C

Shades of violet

#f56dcf #f24bc4 #f02ab9 #e510ab #c40e92 #a20c79 #810960 #600747 #3e042e #1d0215

Tints of violet

#f898dd #f8a1e0 #f9abe3 #fab5e7 #fabeea #fbc8ed #fcd1f0 #fcdbf3 #fde5f6 #feeefa

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#8ef7ab Analogous#e08ef7 Analogous#f78ea5 Triadic#daf78e Triadic#8edaf7 Split complementary#a5f78e Split complementary#8ef7e0

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 0, 43, 12, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f78eda on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 12 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 15 9

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 #f78eda straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f78eda; }
.text { color: #f78eda; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f78eda; }

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 #f78eda against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f78eda 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 #f78eda 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 #f78eda 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 #f78eda is computed, not guessed. 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.