Purple

#651b6a

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 296 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 #651b6a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#651b6a

RGB101, 27, 106

HSL296, 59%, 26%

HSV296, 75%, 42%

CMYK5%, 75%, 0%, 58%

Lab25.54, 43.33, -29.53

XYZ8.36, 4.59, 14.08

Decimal6626154

Web safe#663366

Pantone2613 C

Shades of purple

#5d1962 #55175a #4e1552 #461349 #3e1141 #360f39 #2f0c31 #270a29 #1f0821 #170618

Tints of purple

#802287 #9c2aa3 #b731c0 #c745d0 #cf62d7 #d87ede #e19be6 #e9b8ed #f2d4f4 #fbf1fb

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#206a1b Analogous#3d1b6a Analogous#6a1b48 Triadic#6a651b Triadic#1b6a65 Split complementary#486a1b Split complementary#1b6a3d

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 5, 75, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #651b6a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 75 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 73 4 64

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 #651b6a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #651b6a; }
.text { color: #651b6a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #651b6a; }

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 #651b6a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #651b6a 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 #651b6a 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 #651b6a 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 #651b6a is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.