Purple

#551247

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

This is Purple, a strong pink at 313 degrees. 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 #551247, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#551247

RGB85, 18, 71

HSL313, 65%, 20%

HSV313, 79%, 33%

CMYK0%, 79%, 16%, 67%

Lab19.3, 36.42, -16.23

XYZ5.1, 2.82, 6.24

Decimal5575239

Web safe#660033

Pantone261 C

Shades of purple

#4f1142 #490f3d #430e38 #3d0d33 #370c2e #310a29 #2b0924 #25081f #1f071a #190515

Tints of purple

#751962 #95207d #b52697 #d330b1 #da50bd #e170c9 #e790d5 #eeb0e1 #f5d0ed #fcf0f9

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#125520 Analogous#421255 Analogous#551225 Triadic#475512 Triadic#124755 Split complementary#255512 Split complementary#125542

Purple in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 79, 16, 67.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #551247 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 79 16 67

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 77 19 73

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.

Purple in css

Copy #551247 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #551247; }
.text { color: #551247; }
.border { border: 2px solid #551247; }

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 #551247 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #551247 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #551247 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #551247 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

Here is how the numbers for #551247 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.