Dark purple

#171321

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark purple, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark purple is a dark purple with a moody cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark purple color values

Every conversion for #171321, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#171321

RGB23, 19, 33

HSL257, 27%, 10%

HSV257, 42%, 13%

CMYK30%, 42%, 0%, 87%

Lab6.84, 5.75, -8.98

XYZ0.86, 0.76, 1.54

Decimal1512225

Web safe#000033

Pantone2767 C

Shades of dark purple

#161220 #15111e #14111d #13101c #120f1a #110e19 #100e17 #0f0d16 #0e0c15 #0e0b13

Tints of dark purple

#2a233d #3e3359 #514375 #655391 #7a68a8 #9384b8 #aba0c8 #c4bcd8 #dcd8e8 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with dark purple

Complementary#1d2113 Analogous#131621 Analogous#1e1321 Triadic#211713 Triadic#132117 Split complementary#211e13 Split complementary#162113

Dark purple in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 30, 42, 0, 87.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #171321 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 42 0 87

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 43 4 93

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark purple in css

Copy #171321 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #171321; }
.text { color: #171321; }
.border { border: 2px solid #171321; }

How dark purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #171321 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #171321 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #171321 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark purple? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #171321 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #171321 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.