Purple

#51064a

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

Purple is a dark pink, anchoring and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #51064a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#51064a

RGB81, 6, 74

HSL306, 86%, 17%

HSV306, 93%, 32%

CMYK0%, 93%, 9%, 68%

Lab17.34, 39.75, -21.44

XYZ4.69, 2.37, 6.69

Decimal5310026

Web safe#660033

Pantone2623 C

Shades of purple

#460540 #3c0437 #31042d #270324 #22021f #1c021a

Tints of purple

#77096c #9c0c8f #c20eb1 #e811d4 #f032de #f357e4 #f57dea #f8a3f0 #fbc9f6 #feeefc

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#06510d Analogous#320651 Analogous#510625 Triadic#4a5106 Triadic#064a51 Split complementary#255106 Split complementary#065132

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 0, 93, 9, 68.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #51064a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 93 9 68

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 90 12 74

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 #51064a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #51064a; }
.text { color: #51064a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #51064a; }

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 #51064a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #51064a 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 #51064a 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 #51064a 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 #51064a 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 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.