Violet color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around violet. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Violet is #7F00FF — vivid violet. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and violet color palettes to copy.

Violet hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#7F00FF
HEX
#7F00FF
RGB
rgb(127, 0, 255)
HSL
hsl(270, 100%, 50%)
OKLCH
oklch(52.9% 0.293 293.6)
On white
6.28:1
On black
3.35:1

Shades of violet

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Violet on white measures 6.28:1 and on black 3.35:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 6.16:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:purple, lavender, lilac, plum, indigo, eggplant. See every shade on the colors index.