Purple

#5e3071

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

Purple is a deep purple with a serious cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #5e3071, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e3071

RGB94, 48, 113

HSL282, 40%, 32%

HSV282, 58%, 44%

CMYK17%, 58%, 0%, 56%

Lab28.61, 32.67, -29.21

XYZ8.65, 5.69, 16.26

Decimal6172785

Web safe#663366

Pantone526 C

Shades of purple

#562c68 #4f285f #472456 #40204c #381d43 #30193a #291531 #211128 #190d1f #120915

Tints of purple

#713a88 #85449f #9750b5 #a567be #b37ec8 #c096d2 #ceaddc #dcc4e6 #eadbf0 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#437130 Analogous#3d3071 Analogous#713063 Triadic#715e30 Triadic#30715e Split complementary#637130 Split complementary#30713d

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 17, 58, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e3071 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 58 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 57 4 62

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 #5e3071 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e3071; }
.text { color: #5e3071; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e3071; }

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 #5e3071 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e3071 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 #5e3071 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 #5e3071 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 #5e3071 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.