Violet

#ed85d2

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 strong. 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 #ed85d2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ed85d2

RGB237, 133, 210

HSL316, 74%, 73%

HSV316, 44%, 93%

CMYK0%, 44%, 11%, 7%

Lab69.06, 49.87, -22.33

XYZ54.95, 39.43, 65.69

Decimal15566290

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone245 C

Shades of violet

#e967c7 #e44abc #e02cb1 #cc1e9f #af1a88 #911571 #73115a #560d43 #38082c #1b0415

Tints of violet

#ef90d6 #f09ada #f2a5de #f3b0e2 #f5bae6 #f6c5ea #f8d0ed #fadaf1 #fbe5f5 #fdeff9

Colors that go with violet

Complementary#85eda0 Analogous#d485ed Analogous#ed859e Triadic#d2ed85 Triadic#85d2ed Split complementary#9eed85 Split complementary#85edd4

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, 44, 11, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ed85d2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 11 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 14 13

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ed85d2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ed85d2; }
.text { color: #ed85d2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ed85d2; }

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 #ed85d2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ed85d2 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 #ed85d2 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 #ed85d2 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 #ed85d2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.