CSS named colour

Violet

#ee82ee

A CSS named colour: violet is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(238 130 238)
HSL: 300°, 76%, 72%
OKLCh: 76.2% 0.186 327.2

Violet in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#ee82ee`
RGB	`rgb(238 130 238)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(238, 130, 238)`
RGB percent	`rgb(93.33% 50.98% 93.33%)`
HSL	`hsl(300 76.1% 72.2%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(300, 76.1%, 72.2%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(300, 45.4%, 93.3%)`
HWB	`hwb(300 51% 6.7%)`
Nearest name	`violet`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 0%, 6.7%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(76.19% 0.18612 327.21)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(76.19% 0.15647 -0.1008)`
CIE LCh	`lch(69.618% 64.617 325.566)`
CIE Lab	`lab(69.618% 53.295 -36.538)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.8771 0.5313 0.9109)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.8044 0.5147 0.8946)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.855 0.2232 0.855)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.5867 0.4032 0.8558)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.933, 0.51, 0.933)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.855, 0.223, 0.855)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.933, 0.51, 0.933, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.855, 0.223, 0.855, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(238, 130, 238)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.933, 0.51, 0.933)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.855, 0.223, 0.855)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.933, 0.51, 0.933, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.933, 0.51, 0.933, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.933, 0.51, 0.933)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.933, 0.51, 0.933, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.855, 0.223, 0.855)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.933f, 0.51f, 0.933f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(238, 130, 238, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.855f, 0.2232f, 0.855f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(238, 130, 238, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.933, 0.51, 0.933, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFEE82EE)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(238, 130, 238)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.51, blue: 0.933)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.51, blue: 0.933, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xEE82EE`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFEE82EE`
Array 0–1	`[0.933, 0.51, 0.933]`
Array 0–255	`[238, 130, 238]`
Decimal integer	`15631086`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Violet on white	2.32:1	Fail	Lc 45	Large headings only
Violet on black	9.06:1	AAA	Lc 57	Large headings only

Violet text on a white background

Violet text on a black background

White text on Violet

Black text on Violet

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#ffedff
100#ffddff
200#ffbfff
300#fe9cfe
400#e37ce3
500#c45ac4
600#a641a7
700#892b8b
800#711973
900#5c095e
950#3b003c

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#f298f2
Tint 2#f6aef5
Tint 3#f9c3f8
Tint 4#fcd7fb
Tint 5#feebfd
Shade 1#bb65bb
Shade 2#8a498a
Shade 3#5c2f5c
Shade 4#321632
Shade 5#0d030d

Colours that work with Violet

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#4cd067
#e1a800
#00cbe2
#be98ff
#ff78b3

Closest CSS names

violetexact match
orchidΔEok 0.060
plumΔEok 0.081
hotpinkΔEok 0.089
palevioletredΔEok 0.134
mediumorchidΔEok 0.140