Information about Violet color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #8000FF reads as a pure, full-strength twilight violet and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Neon Indigo (#7B00FF). Slightly further away sit Electric Violet (#8F00FF) and Electric Indigo (#6F00FF).
In RGB terms — rgb(128, 0, 255) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #8000FF: 6.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for black. The name "Violet" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Violet color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Violet color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Violet color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Violet color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Violet color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Violet color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Alternatives to Violet color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Violet
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#7B00FF
#8F00FF
#6F00FF
#7E00EC
#9500FF
#9900FA
#9F00FF
#6000FF
#5D00FF
#600FFF
#5900FF
#9700DE
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#8000ff
- RGB128, 0, 255
- CMYK50, 100, 0, 0
- CSSrgb(128, 0, 255)
- HSL270°, 100%, 50%
- HSL Precise270.118°, 100%, 50%
- HSV270°, 100%, 100%
- HSB270°, 100%, 100%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.502
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)1.000
- GLSLvec3(0.502, 0.000, 1.000)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.502, 0.000, 1.000, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.502, 0.000, 1.000)
- Percentage of Red in RGB50.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB0%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB100%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID8000ff
- DECIMAL ID8388863
- Name Length6
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