Purple

#5e1e4e

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

This is Purple, a soft pink at 315 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 #5e1e4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e1e4e

RGB94, 30, 78

HSL315, 52%, 24%

HSV315, 68%, 37%

CMYK0%, 68%, 17%, 63%

Lab23.2, 35.05, -14.81

XYZ6.46, 3.86, 7.61

Decimal6168142

Web safe#663366

Pantone261 C

Shades of purple

#571c48 #501942 #49173c #421536 #3b1331 #34102b #2c0e25 #250c1f #1e0a19 #170713

Tints of purple

#7a2765 #96307c #b23993 #c54aa6 #ce66b4 #d782c2 #e09ecf #e9badd #f2d6eb #fbf1f8

Colors that go with purple

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Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 68, 17, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e1e4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 68 17 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 20 69

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 #5e1e4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e1e4e; }
.text { color: #5e1e4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e1e4e; }

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 #5e1e4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e1e4e 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 #5e1e4e 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 #5e1e4e 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 #5e1e4e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.