Purple

#6a006a

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

Purple sits in the pink band, dark and vivid. 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 #6a006a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a006a

RGB106, 0, 106

HSL300, 100%, 21%

HSV300, 100%, 42%

CMYK0%, 100%, 0%, 58%

Lab24.01, 51.52, -31.9

XYZ8.55, 4.1, 13.98

Decimal6946922

Web safe#660066

Pantone2613 C

Shades of purple

#620062 #5b005b #530053 #4c004c #440044 #3d003d #350035 #2e002e #260026 #1f001f

Tints of purple

#910091 #b700b7 #de00de #ff05ff #ff2cff #ff53ff #ff79ff #ffa0ff #ffc7ff #ffedff

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#006a00 Analogous#35006a Analogous#6a0035 Triadic#6a6a00 Triadic#006a6a Split complementary#356a00 Split complementary#006a35

Purple in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a006a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Purple in css

Copy #6a006a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a006a; }
.text { color: #6a006a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a006a; }

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 #6a006a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a006a 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 #6a006a 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 #6a006a 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 #6a006a is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.