Purple

#652a8c

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

This is Purple, a soft purple at 276 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #652a8c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#652a8c

RGB101, 42, 140

HSL276, 54%, 36%

HSV276, 70%, 55%

CMYK28%, 70%, 0%, 45%

Lab30.2, 44.01, -43.56

XYZ10.93, 6.32, 25.45

Decimal6630028

Web safe#663399

Pantone526 C

Shades of purple

#5d2780 #542375 #4c2069 #431c5d #3b1952 #331546 #2a123a #220e2f #190b23 #110718

Tints of purple

#7631a4 #8738bc #964ac9 #a462d0 #b27ad7 #c092de #ceaae5 #dbc2ed #e9d9f4 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#518c2a Analogous#342a8c Analogous#8c2a82 Triadic#8c652a Triadic#2a8c65 Split complementary#828c2a Split complementary#2a8c34

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 28, 70, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #652a8c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 70 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 68 4 51

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 #652a8c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #652a8c; }
.text { color: #652a8c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #652a8c; }

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 #652a8c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #652a8c 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 #652a8c 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 #652a8c 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 #652a8c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.