Purple

#4e134f

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

Purple sits in the pink band, dark and strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #4e134f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e134f

RGB78, 19, 79

HSL299, 61%, 19%

HSV299, 76%, 31%

CMYK1%, 76%, 0%, 69%

Lab18.58, 35.57, -22.92

XYZ4.79, 2.65, 7.66

Decimal5116751

Web safe#660066

Pantone2623 C

Shades of purple

#431044 #390e39 #2e0b2e #280a29 #230924 #1e071e #180619

Tints of purple

#6d1b6f #8d228f #ac2aae #cb32ce #d352d5 #db72dd #e391e5 #ebb1ec #f3d1f4 #fbf1fc

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#144f13 Analogous#30134f Analogous#4f1332 Triadic#4f4e13 Triadic#134f4e Split complementary#324f13 Split complementary#134f30

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 1, 76, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e134f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 76 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 74 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.

Purple in css

Copy #4e134f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e134f; }
.text { color: #4e134f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e134f; }

How purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4e134f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e134f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4e134f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4e134f 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 purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #4e134f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.