Purple

#682a8a

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 279 degrees. 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 #682a8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#682a8a

RGB104, 42, 138

HSL279, 53%, 35%

HSV279, 70%, 54%

CMYK25%, 70%, 0%, 46%

Lab30.48, 44.22, -41.84

XYZ11.12, 6.43, 24.7

Decimal6826634

Web safe#663399

Pantone526 C

Shades of purple

#5f277f #572373 #4e2068 #451c5c #3d1951 #341545 #2c123a #230e2e #1a0b23 #120717

Tints of purple

#7a31a2 #8c39ba #9b4ac8 #a862cf #b67ad6 #c392de #d0aae5 #ddc1ec #ead9f4 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#4c8a2a Analogous#382a8a Analogous#8a2a7c Triadic#8a682a Triadic#2a8a68 Split complementary#7c8a2a Split complementary#2a8a38

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 25, 70, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #682a8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 70 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 68 4 52

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 #682a8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #682a8a; }
.text { color: #682a8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #682a8a; }

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 #682a8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #682a8a 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 #682a8a 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 #682a8a 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 #682a8a are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.