Purple

#6b5e8e

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

Purple is a mid purple with a confident cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #6b5e8e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6b5e8e

RGB107, 94, 142

HSL256, 20%, 46%

HSV256, 34%, 56%

CMYK25%, 34%, 0%, 44%

Lab42.89, 16.06, -24.62

XYZ14.95, 13.08, 27.33

Decimal7036558

Web safe#666699

Pantone5275 C

Shades of purple

#625682 #584e75 #4f4569 #463d5d #3c3550 #332d44 #2a2537 #201d2b #17141f #0e0c12

Tints of purple

#776a9c #8579a6 #9388b0 #a198bb #afa7c5 #bdb7cf #cbc6d9 #d9d5e3 #e7e5ee #f5f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#818e5e Analogous#5e698e Analogous#835e8e Triadic#8e6b5e Triadic#5e8e6b Split complementary#8e835e Split complementary#698e5e

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 25, 34, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6b5e8e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 34 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 35 4 50

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 #6b5e8e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6b5e8e; }
.text { color: #6b5e8e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6b5e8e; }

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 #6b5e8e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6b5e8e 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 #6b5e8e 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 #6b5e8e 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 #6b5e8e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.