Purple

#59125b

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

Purple is a dark pink, dramatic and easy to pair. 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 #59125b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#59125b

RGB89, 18, 91

HSL298, 67%, 21%

HSV298, 80%, 36%

CMYK2%, 80%, 0%, 64%

Lab21.25, 40.97, -26.63

XYZ6.22, 3.31, 10.21

Decimal5837403

Web safe#660066

Pantone2623 C

Shades of purple

#531154 #4c0f4e #460e47 #3f0d41 #390c3a #330a34 #2c092d #260827 #1f0620 #19051a

Tints of purple

#78187b #981f9b #b725bb #d230d6 #d950dc #e070e3 #e790e9 #eeb0ef #f5d0f6 #fcf0fc

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#145b12 Analogous#35125b Analogous#5b1238 Triadic#5b5912 Triadic#125b59 Split complementary#395b12 Split complementary#125b35

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 2, 80, 0, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #59125b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 80 0 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 78 4 70

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 #59125b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #59125b; }
.text { color: #59125b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #59125b; }

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 #59125b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #59125b 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 #59125b 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 #59125b 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

Every value on this page for #59125b is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.