Violet

#db8bdb

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 soft. 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 #db8bdb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#db8bdb

RGB219, 139, 219

HSL300, 53%, 70%

HSV300, 37%, 86%

CMYK0%, 37%, 0%, 14%

Lab68.49, 42.74, -28.39

XYZ51.23, 38.64, 71.78

Decimal14388187

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of violet

#d372d3 #cb59cb #c440c4 #ad36ad #942e94 #7b267b #621f62 #491749 #300f30 #170717

Tints of violet

#de95de #e19fe1 #e5aae5 #e8b4e8 #ebbeeb #eec8ee #f1d3f1 #f4ddf4 #f8e7f8 #fbf1fb

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#8bdb8b Analogous#b38bdb Analogous#db8bb3 Triadic#dbdb8b Triadic#8bdbdb Split complementary#b3db8b Split complementary#8bdbb3

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 0, 37, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #db8bdb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 4 20

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.

Violet in css

Copy #db8bdb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #db8bdb; }
.text { color: #db8bdb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #db8bdb; }

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 #db8bdb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #db8bdb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #db8bdb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #db8bdb 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

The figures for #db8bdb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.