Dark purple

#311e37

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

This is Dark purple, a muted purple at 286 degrees. 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 #311e37, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#311e37

RGB49, 30, 55

HSL286, 29%, 17%

HSV286, 45%, 22%

CMYK11%, 45%, 0%, 78%

Lab14.72, 14.69, -12.65

XYZ2.42, 1.86, 3.85

Decimal3218999

Web safe#333333

Pantone276 C

Shades of dark purple

#2b1a30 #241629 #1e1222 #1b111e #180f1b #150d17

Tints of dark purple

#482c51 #603b6c #774986 #8f57a0 #a170b1 #b28abf #c4a4ce #d5bfdc #e6d9ea #f7f3f9

Colors that go with dark purple

Complementary#24371e Analogous#251e37 Analogous#371e30 Triadic#37311e Triadic#1e3731 Split complementary#30371e Split complementary#1e3725

Dark purple in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 11, 45, 0, 78.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #311e37 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 45 0 78

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 45 4 84

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark purple in css

Copy #311e37 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #311e37; }
.text { color: #311e37; }
.border { border: 2px solid #311e37; }

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 #311e37 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #311e37 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #311e37 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #311e37 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

The figures for #311e37 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.