Purple

#68386f

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

Purple sits in the pink band, deep and soft. 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 #68386f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#68386f

RGB104, 56, 111

HSL292, 33%, 33%

HSV292, 50%, 44%

CMYK6%, 50%, 0%, 56%

Lab31.62, 30.72, -23.1

XYZ9.99, 6.92, 15.85

Decimal6830191

Web safe#663366

Pantone520 C

Shades of purple

#603366 #572f5d #4f2a54 #46264b #3e2142 #351d39 #2d1830 #241326 #1c0f1d #130a14

Tints of purple

#7c4385 #904e9a #a25cad #af71b8 #bb87c2 #c79dcd #d3b2d8 #e0c8e3 #ecdeee #f8f3f9

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#3f6f38 Analogous#4c386f Analogous#6f385a Triadic#6f6838 Triadic#386f68 Split complementary#5a6f38 Split complementary#386f4d

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 6, 50, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #68386f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 50 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 50 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Purple in css

Copy #68386f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #68386f; }
.text { color: #68386f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #68386f; }

How purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #68386f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #68386f 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 #68386f 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 #68386f 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 #68386f are worked out. 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.