Dark violet

#6a2eba

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

This is Dark violet, a strong purple at 266 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark violet color values

Every conversion for #6a2eba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a2eba

RGB106, 46, 186

HSL266, 60%, 45%

HSV266, 75%, 73%

CMYK43%, 75%, 0%, 27%

Lab35.13, 54.44, -63.29

XYZ15.78, 8.56, 47.28

Decimal6958778

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of dark violet

#612aaa #58269a #4e228a #451e79 #3c1a69 #331659 #2a1249 #200e39 #170a29 #0e0619

Tints of dark violet

#7635cd #844ad2 #925fd7 #a174dd #af88e2 #bd9de7 #cbb2ec #d9c7f1 #e7dcf6 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with dark violet

Complementary#7eba2e Analogous#2e38ba Analogous#b02eba Triadic#ba6a2e Triadic#2eba6a Split complementary#bab02e Split complementary#38ba2e

Dark 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 43, 75, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a2eba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 75 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 73 4 33

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark violet in css

Copy #6a2eba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a2eba; }
.text { color: #6a2eba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a2eba; }

How dark violet looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark violet and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6a2eba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a2eba against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6a2eba sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark violet? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6a2eba 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 dark violet, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #6a2eba are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.