Purple

#5a0148

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

This is Purple, a vivid pink at 312 degrees. 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 #5a0148, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a0148

RGB90, 1, 72

HSL312, 98%, 18%

HSV312, 99%, 35%

CMYK0%, 99%, 20%, 65%

Lab18.64, 42.86, -17.88

XYZ5.4, 2.66, 6.36

Decimal5898568

Web safe#660033

Pantone261 C

Shades of purple

#4e013e #420135 #36012b #2a0022 #24001d #1e0018

Tints of purple

#820168 #a90287 #d102a7 #f903c7 #fd27d1 #fd4fda #fd76e2 #fe9eeb #fec6f3 #ffedfb

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#015a13 Analogous#40015a Analogous#5a011b Triadic#485a01 Triadic#01485a Split complementary#1b5a01 Split complementary#015a40

Purple in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 99, 20, 65.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a0148 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 99 20 65

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 95 22 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.

Purple in css

Copy #5a0148 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a0148; }
.text { color: #5a0148; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a0148; }

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 #5a0148 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a0148 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 #5a0148 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 #5a0148 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 #5a0148 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.