Dark purple

#451e4e

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

Dark purple falls in the purple range, dark and soft. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark purple color values

Every conversion for #451e4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#451e4e
RGB69, 30, 78
HSL289, 44%, 21%
HSV289, 62%, 31%
CMYK12%, 62%, 0%, 69%
Lab18.99, 27.27, -21.7
XYZ4.29, 2.74, 7.51
Decimal4529742
Web safe#333366
Pantone269 C
Pantone269 CHex#451e4eRgb69 30 78Cmyk12 62 0 69Lab19 27 -22Darker#27112cDeep#411c4aLighter#70367e

Shades of dark purple

Tints of dark purple

Colors that go with dark purple

Dark 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 12, 62, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #451e4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
12 62 0 69
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
15 61 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark purple in css

Copy #451e4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #451e4e; }
.text { color: #451e4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #451e4e; }

How dark purple looks on light and dark

Dark purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #451e4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
13.56:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass
Textblack text on this color
1.55:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #451e4e 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 #451e4e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #451e4e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #451e4e 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.