Deep purple

#472c50

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 285 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Deep purple color values

Every conversion for #472c50, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#472c50

RGB71, 44, 80

HSL285, 29%, 24%

HSV285, 45%, 31%

CMYK11%, 45%, 0%, 69%

Lab22.72, 19.77, -17.16

XYZ4.95, 3.72, 8.05

Decimal4664400

Web safe#333366

Pantone669 C

Shades of deep purple

#42294a #3c2544 #37223e #321f38 #2c1b32 #27182c #221526 #1c1120 #170e1a #120b14

Tints of deep purple

#5c3968 #714680 #865397 #9965aa #a97db7 #b894c4 #c8acd1 #d8c4df #e8dcec #f7f3f9

Colors that go with deep purple

Complementary#35502c Analogous#352c50 Analogous#502c47 Triadic#50472c Triadic#2c5047 Split complementary#47502c Split complementary#2c5035

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 11, 45, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #472c50 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 45 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 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 #472c50 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #472c50; }
.text { color: #472c50; }
.border { border: 2px solid #472c50; }

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 #472c50 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #472c50 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 #472c50 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 #472c50 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

The figures for #472c50 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.