Blue violet

#6e42b8

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

This is Blue violet, a soft purple at 262 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Blue violet color values

Every conversion for #6e42b8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6e42b8

RGB110, 66, 184

HSL262, 47%, 49%

HSV262, 64%, 72%

CMYK40%, 64%, 0%, 28%

Lab39.02, 44.71, -55.76

XYZ17.03, 10.67, 46.51

Decimal7226040

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of blue violet

#643ca8 #5b3698 #513188 #472b77 #3e2567 #341f57 #2a1947 #211437 #170e27 #0d0817

Tints of blue violet

#7b51c1 #8963c7 #9675ce #a487d4 #b199da #bfabe1 #ccbce7 #daceee #e7e0f4 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#8cb842 Analogous#4251b8 Analogous#a942b8 Triadic#b86e42 Triadic#42b86e Split complementary#b8a942 Split complementary#51b842

Blue 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 40, 64, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6e42b8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 64 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 63 4 34

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.

Blue violet in css

Copy #6e42b8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6e42b8; }
.text { color: #6e42b8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6e42b8; }

How blue violet looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Blue violet and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6e42b8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6e42b8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6e42b8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn blue violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6e42b8 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 blue violet, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #6e42b8 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.