Shades of violet

Main article: Violet (color)

Violet
Spectral coordinates
Wavelength	380–450 nm
Frequency	800–715 THz
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#8F00FF
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(143, 0, 255)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(44, 100, 0, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(274°, 100%, 100%)
Source	HTML Color Chart @274
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

There are numerous variations of the color violet, a sampling of which are shown below.

Variations of the color violet

Variations of spectral violet

Although pure spectrum violet is outside the color gamut of the RGB color space, the three colors displayed below are rough approximations of the range of colors of actual spectral violet, although the accuracy of the approximation can vary depending on the individual's color vision.

Color wheel violet

Violet (color wheel)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#7F00FF
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(127, 0, 255)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(50, 100, 0, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(270°, 100%, 100%)
Source	Chromas/Achromas
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The tertiary color on the HSV color wheel (also known as the RGB color wheel) precisely halfway between blue and magenta is called color wheel violet. This tone of violet—an approximation of the color violet at about 417 nanometers as plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram—is shown at right. This tone of violet is actually somewhat toward indigo assuming indigo is accepted as a separate spectrum color, usually quoted as having a range of from about 420 to 450 nanometers. Another name for this color is near violet.

Electric violet

Electric Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#8F00FF
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(143, 0, 255)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(44, 100, 0, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(274°, 100%, 100%)
Source	HTML Color Chart @274
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color at right, electric violet, is the closest approximation to middle spectrum violet that can be made on a computer screen, given the limitations of the sRGB color gamut. It is an approximation of the color violet at about 400 nanometers as plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram. Other names for this color are middle violet or simply violet.

Vivid violet

Vivid Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9F00FF
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(159, 0, 255)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(38, 100, 0, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(277°, 100%, 100%)
Source	HTML Color Chart @277
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color vivid violet, a color approximately equivalent to the violet seen at the extreme edge of human visual perception.^{[citation needed]} When plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram, it can be seen that this is a hue corresponding to that of a visual stimulus of approximately 380 nm on the spectrum. Thus another name for this color is extreme violet.

Computer web color violets

Violet (web color)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#EE82EE
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(238, 130, 238)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(300°, 45%, 93%)
Source	X11 X11 color names
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Web color "violet"

The so-called web color "violet" is in actuality not really a tint of violet, a spectral color, but is a non-spectral color. The web color violet is actually a rather pale tint of magenta because it has equal amounts of red and blue (the definition of magenta for computer display), and some of the green primary mixed in, unlike most other variants of violet that are closer to blue. This same color appears as "violet" in the X11 color names.

Dark Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9400D3
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(148, 0, 211)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(29, 100, 0, 17)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(282°, 100%, 83%)
Source	X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Pigment violet (web color dark violet)

The color box at right displays the web color dark violet which is equivalent to pigment violet, i.e., the color violet as it would typically be reproduced by artist's paints, colored pencils, or crayons as opposed to the brighter "electric" violet above that it is possible to reproduce on a computer screen.^{[citation needed]}

Compare the subtractive colors to the additive colors in the two primary color charts in the article on primary colors to see the distinction between electric colors as reproducible from light on a computer screen (additive colors) and the pigment colors reproducible with pigments (subtractive colors); the additive colors are a lot brighter because they are produced from light instead of pigment.^{[citation needed]}

Pigment violet (web color dark violet) represents the way the color violet was always reproduced in pigments, paints, or colored pencils in the 1950s. By the 1970s, because of the advent of psychedelic art, artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called "Violet" that are the pigment equivalent of the electric violet reproduced in the section above became available in artists pigments and colored pencils.^{[citation needed]} (When approximating electric violet in artists pigments, a bit of white pigment is added to pigment violet.^{[citation needed]})

Additional variations of violet

African violet

African Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B284BE
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(178, 132, 190)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(6, 31, 0, 26)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(288°, 31%, 75%)
Source	Pantone TPX
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color African violet is displayed at right.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-3250 TPX—African Violet.

Chinese violet

Chinese Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#856088
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(133, 96, 136)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(2, 29, 0, 47)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(296°, 29%, 53%)
Source	Pantone TPX
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color Chinese violet is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of Chinese violet as a color name in English was in 1912.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #18-3418 TPX—Chinese Violet.

Japanese violet

Violet (JTC)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#5B3256
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(91, 50, 86)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 45, 6, 64)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(307°, 45%, 36%)
Source	JTC
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color Japanese violet is shown at right.

This is the color that is called violet in the Japanese traditional colors, a group of colors in use since beginning in 660 CE in the form of various dyes that are used in designing kimonos.

The name of this color in Japanese is sumire-iro, which means violet color.

English violet

English Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#563C5C
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(86, 60, 92)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(7, 35, 0, 64)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(289°, 35%, 36%)
Source	ISCC NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color English violet is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of English violet as a color name in English was in 1928.

Russian violet

Russian Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#32174D
sRGBB    (r, g, b)	(50, 23, 77)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(35, 70, 0, 70)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(270°, 70%, 30%)
Source	ISCC NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color Russian violet is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of Russian violet as a color name in English was in 1926.

Violet in human culture

Main article: Violet (color) #Violet in culture – symbolism and associations

See also

• Carmine (color)
• Cerise (color)
• Crimson (color)
• Indigo
• Lavender (color)
• List of colors
• Magenta
• Mauve
• Periwinkle (color)
• Purple
• Raspberry (color)
• Red-violet
• Rose (color)
• Ruby (color)
• Ultramarine
• Variations of magenta