CMYK Color

The color French violet is often represented by the code CMYK(27 78 0 19) which in a general sense, marks the composition proportions of primary colors. Using this code, we should be able to mix Cyan, Magenta, Blue and Black pgiments to get the same color depicted here. It is important to understand, that in practice, there is more than one way to mix pigments for French violet color using 4 color process. That is because CMYK colors don't really have a strict cross reference chart with names attributed to each shade variation. Some CMYK colors are named by various manufacturers and most CMYK color names that we pass around are designated by the general public.

CMYK Color

Color name:French violet
CMYK (%):27% 78% 0% 19%
CMYK (dec):0.2745, 0.7843, 0.0000, 0.1922
rgb:136, 6, 206
hex:#8806CE Details Here
hsv:279.0000, 0.9709, 0.8078
xyz:0.2136, 0.0982, 0.5916
lab:37.5196, 73.2909, -70.9201
lch:37.5196, 101.9864, 315.9418
CMYK Color: Cyan 27 Magenta 78 Yellow 0 Black 19 CMYK name: French violet
The image above depicts CMYK color sample that constitutes these base colors: Cyan 27 Magenta 78 Yellow 0 Black 19. Click to enlarge.
The underlying composition of this CMYK color

CMYK Composition build for French violet (preview)
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