Deep purple

#342b4e

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

This is Deep purple, a muted purple at 255 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Deep purple color values

Every conversion for #342b4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#342b4e

RGB52, 43, 78

HSL255, 29%, 24%

HSV255, 45%, 31%

CMYK33%, 45%, 0%, 69%

Lab20.08, 13.27, -20.13

XYZ3.66, 3.01, 7.6

Decimal3418958

Web safe#333366

Pantone5255 C

Shades of deep purple

#2c2542 #241e37 #211b31 #1d182b #191525 #15111f #110e1a #0d0b14

Tints of deep purple

#443866 #54457e #645396 #7664aa #8b7cb7 #a094c4 #b5acd1 #cac4de #e0dceb #f5f3f9

Colors that go with deep purple

Complementary#454e2b Analogous#2b344e Analogous#462b4e Triadic#4e342b Triadic#2b4e34 Split complementary#4e462b Split complementary#344e2b

Deep purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 33, 45, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #342b4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 45 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 45 4 75

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.

Deep purple in css

Copy #342b4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #342b4e; }
.text { color: #342b4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #342b4e; }

How deep purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #342b4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #342b4e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #342b4e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep 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 deep purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #342b4e 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 deep purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #342b4e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.