Violet (color)

Violet is the seventh color of the rainbow--it is the color on the inner edge of the rainbow. Violet is the color between blue and purple. The name of the color comes from the violet, which is a small flower grown in most parts of the world.

The first written use of violet as a color name in English was in 1370.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207

In the Roman Catholic Church, violet is the liturgical color of Advent and Lent.

Meaning of violet
The color violet represents kala jaadu.
Violet is a color of royalty and extravagance, when paired with yellow, which used to represent abundance and wealth.

Comparison of blue, indigo, violet and purple
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumBlue#0000FF00255240°100%100%Indigo (Electric Indigo)#6F00FF1110255266°100%100%Violet (Color Wheel) (Near Violet)#7F00FF1270255270°100%100%Violet (Electric Violet) (Middle Violet) (Blue Purple)#8F00FF1430255274°100%100%Vivid Violet (Extreme Violet)#9F00FF1590255277°100%100%Purple#8000FF1280128300°100%50%
Don’t forget “Indigo”: #8000FFF and

Tones of violet color comparison chart
 Lavender Blush (web color) (Hex: #FFF0F5) (RGB: 255, 240, 245)
 Lavender Mist (web color Lavender) (Hex: #E6E6FA) (RGB: 230, 230, 250)
 Languid Lavender (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #D6CADD) (RGB: 214, 202, 221)
 Lavender Blue-Grey (Hex: #BDBBD7) (RGB: 189, 187, 215)
 Lavender Grey (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #C4C3D0) (RGB: 196, 195, 221)
 Pale Lavender (Lavender (ISCC-NBS)) (Hex: #DCD0FF) (RGB: 220, 208, 255)
 Lavender Blue (Periwinkle (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #CCCCFF) (RGB: 204, 204, 255)
 Pastel Lavender (Mauve (www.99colors.net) (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #E0B0FF) (RGB: 224, 176, 255)
 Pale Violet (Pale Blue Purple) (Pale Violet (www.99colors.net) (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #CC99FF) (RGB: 204, 153, 255)
 Medium Lavender Grey Lilac (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #C8A2C8) (RGB: 200, 162, 200)
 Light Lavender (Wisteria (Crayola)) (Hex: #C9A0DC (RGB: 201, 160, 220)
 Lavender Pink (Crayola "Lavender") (Hex: #FBAED2) (RGB: 251, 174, 210)
 Lavender Rose (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #FBA0E3) (RGB: 251, 160, 227)
 Brilliant Lavender (Electric Lavender) (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #F4BBFF (RGB: 249, 192, 255)
 Lavender Magenta (X11 color "violet") (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #EE82EE) (RGB: 238, 130, 238)
 Vivid Lavender (Psychedelic Lavender) (Heliotrope (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #DF73FF) (RGB: 223, 115, 255)
 Vivid Orchid (Orchid (Crayola colored pencils) (Hex: #CC00FF) (RGB: 204, 0, 255)
 Light Blue-Violet (Blue-Violet Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #C77DF3) (RGB: 199, 125, 243)
<li style = "background-color: #b96cca;"> Light Seance (Seance Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #B96CCA) (RGB: 185, 108, 202)<li>
 Steel Pink (Crayola Ultra colored pencils) (Hex: #CC33CC) (RGB: 204, 51, 204)
 Fandango Pink (Pantone TPX 17-2033) (Hex: #DE5285) (RGB: 222, 82, 133)
 Violet-Red (Crayola) (Hex: #F75394) (RGB: 247, 83, 148)
 Heather Violet (RAL 4003) (Hex: #DE4C8A) (RGB: 222, 76, 138)
 Bright Red-Violet (Xona.com "Violet-Red") (Hex: #D02090) (RGB: 208, 32, 144)
 Red-Violet (web color Medium Violet-Red) (Hex: #C71585) (RGB: 199, 21, 133)
 Medium Red-Violet (Red-Violet (Crayola)) (Hex: #BB3385) (RGB: 187, 51, 133)
 Rose Violet (Pantone TPX 17-2624) (Hex: #C24C92) (RGB: 194, 76, 146)
 Medium Lavender Pink (Sky Magenta) (Venus colored pencils) (Hex: #CF71AF) (RGB: 207, 113, 175) 
<li style = "background-color: #caabd0;"> Light Medium Violet (Violet Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #CAABD0) (RGB: 202, 171, 208)<li>
 Violet Tulle (Pantone TPX 16-3416) (Hex: #C693C7) (RGB: 198, 147, 199)
 African Violet (Pantone TPX 16-3520) (Hex: #B284BE) (RGB: 178, 132, 190)
 Dull Deep Lavender (Wikipedia Link Lavender) (Hex: #9C87CD) (RGB: 158, 137, 193)
 Light Studio (Studio Light (Xona.com color list)) Hex: #B89BDD) (RGB: 184, 155, 221)
 Medium Bright Lavender (Bright Ube (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #D19FE8) (RGB: 209, 159, 232)
 Bright Lavender (Light Floral Lavender) (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #BF94E4) (RGB: 191, 148, 228)
 Light Violet (Hex: #B09DB9) (RGB: 176, 157, 185)
 Lavender (Floral Lavender) (www.99colors.net) (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #B57EDC) (RGB: 181, 126, 220)
 Rich Lavender (Deep Floral Lavender) (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #A76BCF) (RGB: 170, 97, 204)
<li style = "background-color: #9955BB;"> Deep Rich Lavender (Deep Lilac (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #9955BB) (RGB: 153, 85, 187)<li>
 Medium Deep Lavender (Amethyst (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #9966CC) (RGB: 153, 102, 204)
 Deep Rich Lavender Grey (Purple Yam) (Ube (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #8878C3) (RGB: 136, 120, 195)
 Deep Lavender (Medium Purple (web color)) (Hex: #9370DB) (RGB: 147, 112, 219)
 Lavender Indigo (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #9457EB) (RGB: 148, 87, 235)
 Near Violet (Color Wheel Violet) (Hex: #7F00FF) (RGB: 127, 0, 255)
 Violet (Middle Violet) (Electric Violet) (Blue Purple) (Purple Yam) (Hex: #8F00FF) (RGB: 143, 0, 255)
 Extreme Violet (Vivid Violet) (Hex: #9F00FF) (RGB: 159, 0, 255)
<li style = "background-color: #9932cc; color: #ffffff"> Dark Orchid (web color) (Hex: #9932CC) (RGB: 153, 50, 204)<li>
 Pigment Violet (web color Dark Violet) (Hex: #9400D3) (RGB: 148, 0, 211)
<li style = "background-color: #8806ce; color: #ffffff"> French Violet (Violet (pourpre.com) (Hex: #8806CE) (RGB: 136, 6, 206)<li>
 Deep Indigo (web color Blue-Violet) (Hex: #8A2BE2) (RGB: 138, 43, 226)
<li style = "background-color: #7d26cd; color: #ffffff"> Internet Purple (color of "all purple website" www.purple.com) (Hex: #7D26CD) (RGB: 125, 38, 205)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #7b4bab; color: #ffffff"> Light Violent Violet (Violent Violet Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #7B4BAB) (RGB: 123, 75, 171)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #7058a3; color: #ffffff"> Light Japanese Violet (Violet (contemporary Japanese traditional colors)) (Hex: #7058A3) (RGB: 112, 88, 163)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #5d5387; color: #ffffff"> Sultan Blue (Nippon Paint) (Hex: #5d5387) (RGB: 93, 83, 135)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #6b3Fa0; color: #ffffff"> Royal Purple (Crayola) (Hex: #6B3FA0) (RGB: 107, 63, 160)<li>
 Grape (Crayola) (Hex: #6F2DA8) (RGB: 111, 45, 168)
<li style = "background-color: #731e8f; color: #ffffff"> Seance (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #731E8F) (RGB: 115, 30, 143)<li>
 Regalia (Hex: #522D80) (RGB: 82, 45, 128)
 Generic Purple (Hex: #660099) (RGB: 102, 0, 153) (CMYK: 33,100,0,40) 
<li style = "background-color: #324ab2; color: #ffffff"> Violet-Blue (Crayola) (Hex: #324AB2) (RGB: 50, 74, 178)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #652dc1; color: #ffffff"> Purple Heart (Crayola) (Hex: #652DC1) (RGB: 101, 45, 93)<li>
 Studio (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #714AB2) (RGB: 113, 74, 178)
 Dark Lavender (Pantone Color #258) (Hex: #734F96) (RGB: 115, 79, 50)
<li style = "background-color: #8359a3; color: #ffffff"> Violet Purple (Crayola) (Hex: #8359A3) (RGB: 131, 89, 163)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #755496; color: #ffffff"> Violet-gray
(Hex: #755496) (RGB: 117, 84, 150)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #9678b6; color: #ffffff"> Lavender Purple (Purple Mountain Majesty (Crayola)) (Hex: #9978B6) (RGB: 150, 120, 182)<li>
 Old Lavender (Dark Lavender Grey) (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #796878) (RGB: 121, 104, 120)
<li style = "background-color: #8683a1; color: #ffffff"> Pearl Violet (RAL 4011) (Violet Grey) (Hex: #8683A1) (RGB: 134, 131, 162)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #A47d90; color: #ffffff"> Pastel Violet (RAL 4009) (Hex: #A47D90) (RGB: 164, 125, 144)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #856088; color: #ffffff"> Chinese Violet (Pantone TPX 18-3418) (Hex: #856088) (RGB: 133, 96, 136)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #8f5e99; color: #ffffff"> Medium Violet (Violet (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #8F5E99) (RGB: 143, 94, 153)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #8f509d; color: #ffffff"> Dark Vivid Violet (Vivid Violet (Crayola)) (Hex: #8F509D) (RGB: 143, 80, 157)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #990099; color: #ffffff"> Quinacridone Violet (MIR Acrylics) (Hex: #990099) (RGB: 153, 0, 153)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #934d91; color: #ffffff"> Hyacinth Violet (Pantone TPX 16-3331) (Hex: #934D91) (RGB: 147, 77, 145)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #924e7d; color: #ffffff"> Signal Violet (RAL 4008) (Hex: #924E7D) (RGB: 146, 78, 125)<li>
 Twilight Lavender (Crayola Silver Swirls) (Hex: #8A496B) (RGB: 138, 73, 107)
 Claret Violet (RAL 4004) (Hex: #6E1C34) (RGB: 110, 28, 52)
 Halaya Ube (Purple Yam Jam) (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #663854) (RGB: 102, 56, 84)
 Japanese Violet (Violet (Japanese traditional colors)) (Hex: #5B3256) (RGB: 91, 50, 86)
 Imperial (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #602F6B) (RGB: 96, 47, 107)
 English Violet (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #563C5C) (RGB: 86, 60, 92)
 Clairvoyant (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #480656) (RGB: 72, 6, 86)
<li style = "background-color: #4c2882; color: #ffffff"> Dark Violet (Spanish Violet) (Dark Blue Purple) (Violet (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #4C2882) (RGB: 76, 40, 130)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #3e2f84; color: #ffffff"> Vulgar Purple (Grape Jelly) (Hex: #3E2F84) (RGB: 62, 47, 132)<li>
<li style = "background-color: #290c5e; color: #ffffff"> Violent Violet (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #290C5E) (RGB: 41, 12, 94)<li>
 Russian Violet (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #32174D) (RGB: 50, 23, 77)
 Jagger (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #350E47) (RGB: 53, 14, 87)
 Black Currant (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #32293A) (RGB: 50, 41, 58)

Related pages
List of colors
Blue-violet
Cerise
Fuchsia
Indigo
Magenta
Mauve
Orchid
Purple
Purple-gray
Rose
Ultraviolet
Violet-gray

References