Dark violet

#7a2aaa

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 278 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark violet color values

Every conversion for #7a2aaa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7a2aaa

RGB122, 42, 170

HSL278, 60%, 42%

HSV278, 75%, 67%

CMYK28%, 75%, 0%, 33%

Lab35.39, 55.19, -53.26

XYZ16.11, 8.7, 38.86

Decimal8006314

Web safe#663399

Pantone266 C

Shades of dark violet

#70269b #65238d #5b1f7e #501c70 #461861 #3b1453 #311144 #260d36 #1c0a27 #120619

Tints of dark violet

#8a30c0 #983dcf #a453d5 #b06ada #bc80e0 #c897e5 #d4adeb #e0c4f0 #ecdaf6 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with dark violet

Complementary#5aaa2a Analogous#3a2aaa Analogous#aa2a9a Triadic#aa7a2a Triadic#2aaa7a Split complementary#9aaa2a Split complementary#2aaa3a

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 28, 75, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7a2aaa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 75 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 73 4 39

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 #7a2aaa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7a2aaa; }
.text { color: #7a2aaa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7a2aaa; }

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 #7a2aaa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7a2aaa 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 #7a2aaa 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 #7a2aaa 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 #7a2aaa 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.