Dark violet

#8b2bbd

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

Dark violet is a mid purple with a confident cast. 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.

Dark violet color values

Every conversion for #8b2bbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8b2bbd

RGB139, 43, 189

HSL279, 63%, 45%

HSV279, 77%, 74%

CMYK26%, 77%, 0%, 26%

Lab39.4, 62.03, -57.92

XYZ20.7, 10.89, 49.16

Decimal9120701

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2592 C

Shades of dark violet

#7f27ad #73249c #67208c #5b1c7b #4f186b #43155b #37114a #2a0d3a #1e0929 #120619

Tints of dark violet

#9a32d0 #a447d5 #af5cda #b971df #c486e4 #ce9ce8 #d9b1ed #e3c6f2 #eddbf7 #f8f0fc

Colors that go with dark violet

Complementary#5dbd2b Analogous#422bbd Analogous#bd2ba6 Triadic#bd8b2b Triadic#2bbd8b Split complementary#a6bd2b Split complementary#2bbd42

Dark violet in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 26, 77, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8b2bbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 77 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 75 4 32

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 #8b2bbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8b2bbd; }
.text { color: #8b2bbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8b2bbd; }

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 #8b2bbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8b2bbd 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 #8b2bbd 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 #8b2bbd 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 #8b2bbd are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.