Violet Color Codes
Violet is a mid-tone, saturated purple with the hex code #EE82EE, RGB values of 238, 130, 238 and an HSL value of hsl(300, 76%, 72%).
| HEX | #EE82EE |
|---|---|
| RGB | 238, 130, 238 |
| HSL | hsl(300, 76%, 72%) |
| HSV | 300°, 45%, 93% |
| CMYK | 0%, 45%, 0%, 7% |
| LAB | 69.70, 56.36, -36.81 |
| CIELCHuv | 69.70, 84.74, 307.72° |
- Nearest Pantone
- PMS 252 C ΔE 12.5 · approximate
- Nearest CSS name
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violetΔE 0.0
Source CSS Color Module Level 4 keyword 'Violet'
Violet Color Hex Code
The Violet color hex code is #EE82EE. Those six digits are three pairs, EE for red, 82 for green and EE for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.
#EE82EE
Violet Color RGB Code
The Violet RGB code is rgb(238, 130, 238). Red carries the most light at 238 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.
rgb(238, 130, 238)
Violet Color HSV Code
The Violet HSV code is 300°, 45%, 93%. Read it as a hue of 300 degrees, 45% saturation and 93% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.
300°, 45%, 93%
Violet Color CIELChuv Code
The Violet CIELCHuv code is 69.70, 84.74, 307.72°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 70 means light to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 85 is how far it sits from grey.
69.70, 84.74, 307.72°
Tonal scale
What are Violet Color Palettes?
A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.
Shades, toward black
Tints, toward white
Tones, toward grey
Palettes
What are Violet Color Palette Codes?
Each of these is a hue rotation from #EE82EE. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.
Complementary
Half a turn away is #82EE82, a light, saturated green. This is the widest separation the wheel offers, and the reason complementary pairs are the default for anything that must stand out. Both are saturated, so give the complement much less area than the base or the two will fight.
Analogous
Either side sit #B882EE and #EE82B8, 30 degrees out. Low tension by construction: useful when you need several related tones that still feel like one choice.
Triadic
#EEEE82 and #82EEEE complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.
Split-complementary
Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #B8EE82 and #82EEB8. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #82EE82, and #EEB882 with #82B8EE. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat the darkest of the four as the lead and hold the other three well back.
Accessibility
Contrast checker: is Violet accessible?
Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.
White background
2.32:12.32
contrast ratio on white background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Fails | Fails |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Fails | n/a |
Black background
9.06:19.06
contrast ratio on black background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Passes | Passes |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Passes |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
At 2.32:1 against white, Violet is a fill color rather than a text color. Use it for surfaces, borders and large display type, and set the copy in ink. Text placed on it should be black, which gives 9.06:1.
Color vision
How Violet looks with color blindness
Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.
Protanopia
About 1% of men#C9C8DA
Violet changes substantially here. ΔE 60.7
No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.
Deuteranopia
About 1% of men#CED5D5
Violet changes substantially here. ΔE 70.5
No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.
Tritanopia
About 1 in 10,000#EAC9C4
Violet changes substantially here. ΔE 64.6
No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.
Achromatopsia
About 1 in 30,000#AAAAAA
Violet changes substantially here. ΔE 67.3
No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.
To a deuteranope, the most common form, Violet reads as #CED5D5. That is a shift of ΔE 70.5, so it is a different color to roughly one man in sixteen. The widest shift is under deuteranopia, at ΔE 70.5. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.
Snippets
Using Violet in code
:root {
--violet: #EE82EE;
}
.example {
color: var(--violet);
}// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'violet': '#EE82EE',
},
},
}// SwiftUI takes 0–1 components, not 0–255.
let violet = Color(
red: 0.933,
green: 0.510,
blue: 0.933
)<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="violet">#EE82EE</color>// Flutter wants ARGB: FF for full opacity, then the hex.
const violet = Color(0xFFEE82EE);