Deep purple

#504b5a

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

This is Deep purple, a grey purple at 260 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 #504b5a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#504b5a
RGB80, 75, 90
HSL260, 9%, 32%
HSV260, 17%, 35%
CMYK11%, 17%, 0%, 65%
Lab32.87, 5.43, -8.07
XYZ7.67, 7.48, 10.71
Decimal5262170
Web safe#663366
Pantone5275 C
Pantone5275 CHex#504b5aRgb80 75 90Cmyk11 17 0 65Lab33 5 -8Darker#1e1c21Deep#312e38Lighter#736d80

Shades of deep purple

Tints of deep purple

Colors that go with deep purple

Deep purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 11, 17, 0, 65.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #504b5a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
11 17 0 65
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
14 20 4 71
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 #504b5a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #504b5a; }
.text { color: #504b5a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #504b5a; }

How deep purple looks on light and dark

Deep purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #504b5a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
8.42:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.50:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #504b5a 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 #504b5a 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 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 #504b5a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #504b5a are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.