What colors make Violet?
On this page, you will find the Violet Hex, RGB, Hue Saturation Light (HSL), and CMYK color codes. We also include shades and variations of Violet, color palettes, and related colors.
Violet color code
The Violet hex code is #7F00FF. The Violet hex code can be quantified in RGB values which represent the amount of Red, Green and Blue color channels. The RGB value is an estimated amount of red, green, and blue color to create the color Violet. The RGB estimate is:
- Red: #7F in Hex amounts to 50%
- Green: #00 in Hex amounts to 0%
- Blue: #FF in Hex amounts to 100%
Violet in HSL
HSL is an acronym which stands for Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. HSL was developed for television and standardized for computer displays.
Hue is the perceived color name. Saturation is the "colorfulness" relative to the color's brightness. Brightness is our human eye's quantifed perception of the spectral light distribution. Lightness is the color brightness relative to a perceived similarly illuminated white.
Brightness and "colorfulness" are absolute measures, while Lightness and and Saturation are relative measures.
Violet is 270deg, 100%, 50% HSL.
- Hue: 270deg
- Saturation: 100%
- Light: 50%
Violet color in CMYK color model
The CMYK color model is commonly used in printing. The CMYK acronym stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key. Where key is black. Since the black color is the absence of light, the CMYK is a subtractive color model. White light minus red is cyan, minus green is magenta, minus blue is yellow.
Violet is 50% 100% 0% 0% CMYK.
- Cyan: 50%
- Magenta: 100%
- Yellow: 0%
- Key (or Black): 0%
Different shades of Violet
According to its HSL value, Violet contains about 50% of brightness.
Below are the all the values in HEX, HSL and CMYK color spaces for each shade variations:
- Hex HSL CMYK
- #E5CCFE 269deg, 100%, 90% 10%, 19%, 0%, 99%
- #CB99FF 269deg, 100%, 80% 20%, 40%, 0%, 99%
- #B265FF 269deg, 100%, 70% 30%, 59%, 0%, 99%
- #9832FF 269deg, 100%, 60% 40%, 80%, 0%, 99%
- #7E00FF 269deg, 100%, 50% 50%, 100%, 0%, 99%
- #6500CC 269deg, 100%, 40% 50%, 100%, 0%, 99%
- #4C0099 269deg, 100%, 30% 50%, 100%, 0%, 99%
- #320066 269deg, 100%, 20% 50%, 100%, 0%, 99%
- #190033 269deg, 100%, 10% 50%, 100%, 0%, 99%
Accessibility tips when using the color Violet
Ensure your content remains available to the broadest possible audience. Make sure the text color has enough contrast with its background. When using Violet on text, we recommend you use black for the background.
The reason Violet contrasts better with a black background is because Violet has a degree of brightness of 50% which provides better contrast on a dark background.
The Violet color palette hex codes.
There are a few color palettes available when working with Violet, but below is our favorite:
- Red
#FF0000 - Star
#FFE500 - Signal Green
#33FF00 - Minty Paradise
#00FFBB - Blue Ribbon
#0066FF - Big Bang Pink
#FF0099
By interpolating Hue and Saturation values, we can also generate great color palettes inspired from Violet
- White
#FFFFFF - Lemon Chiffon
#FFFACD - Celery Mousse
#C1FD95 - Illicit Green
#56FCA2 - Megaman
#3CBCFC - Big Bang Pink
#FF0099
Below is a series of palettes generated from the color Violet:
Palette variances of 3 colors:
- #88FF00
- #FF0004
- #7E00FF
- #33FF00
- #FF2500
- #7E00FF
- #7E00FF
- #002FFF
- #00DDFF
Palette variances of 4 colors:
- #FF0066
- #FF00C3
- #DC00FF
- #7E00FF
- #FF0088
- #FA00FF
- #7E00FF
- #0300FF
- #FFCB00
- #FF0700
- #FF00BB
- #7E00FF
Palette variances of 5 colors:
- #FFDC00
- #FF0051
- #7E00FF
- #00AEFF
- #00FF21
- #FF0088
- #7E00FF
- #0077FF
- #00FF90
- #66FF00
- #FF00F2
- #7E00FF
- #000DFF
- #0099FF
- #00FFD8
Palette variances of 6 colors:
- #FF004C
- #FF00B2
- #E400FF
- #7E00FF
- #1800FF
- #004CFF
- #FF0095
- #7E00FF
- #006AFF
- #00FFA9
- #40FF00
- #FFD300
- #FFB200
- #FF0008
- #FF00C3
- #7E00FF
- #003BFF
- #00F6FF
You will find specific color values of Violet on this page. For example, the Violet HEX color code is #7F00FF. We offer a variety of color palette, variances, and an expert color mixer to develop color schemes. Related colors for Violet are:
- Purple Climax color code is (136.0, 0.0, 255.0).
- Poison Purple color code is (127.0, 1.0, 254.0).
- Electric Indigo color code is (111.0, 0.0, 255.0).
- Electric Violet color code is (143.0, 0.0, 255.0).
- Vivid Violet color code is (159.0, 0.0, 255.0).
- Overdue Blue color code is (68.0, 0.0, 255.0).
- The Grape War Of 97' color code is (187.0, 0.0, 255.0).
- Spectacular Purple color code is (187.0, 2.0, 254.0).
- Electric Purple color code is (191.0, 0.0, 255.0).
- Ultramarine color code is (63.0, 0.0, 255.0).
These values can help you match the specific shade and find complementary colors. Looking for a different shade of blue? Our color mixer expertly generates nine different shades and eighteen color variances.
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We started by building a great virtual color mixer. We hope everyone has seen a color wheel. Personally, I loved the color wheel in my art classroom growing up. The acrylic paints like Titanium White, Burnt sienna, Dioxazine Purple make combining colors visceral and our color mixer virtually offers that visceral feeling of color mixing paints. Use our color mixer to build your next color scheme!
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- Red and Green make Yellow.
- Green and Blue make Cyan.
- Blue and Red make Magenta .
Combining a secondary color and a primary color yields tertiary colors. There are six tertiary colors. The six color names are orange, chartreuse green, spring green, azure, violet and rose. Colors continue to expand, for example, halfway between blue and violet is indigo, color code #4B0082, and violet is halfway between blue and purple.
So, the color wheel includes twelve main colors: red, orange, yellow, chartreuse green, green, spring green, cyan, azure, blue, violet, magenta, and rose.
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Included in our color pages are color palettes, we generate color combinations between three and six colors. We call each different color mixture “palette variances.” Each color palette variance includes eighteen color mixes with HEX code displayed.
A third component we provide on this page is color shades. For example, shades of Violet include Purple Climax, Poison Purple, Electric Indigo, Electric Violet, Vivid Violet, Overdue Blue, The Grape War Of 97', Spectacular Purple, Electric Purple, and Ultramarine. We offer nine tints and shades for each color. A color shade is found by adjusting the color saturation to find a darker hue. A color tint is a lighter color. For example, pink is a tint of red.
