Purple

#6c6085

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

This is Purple, a muted purple at 259 degrees. 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 #6c6085, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6c6085

RGB108, 96, 133

HSL259, 16%, 45%

HSV259, 28%, 52%

CMYK19%, 28%, 0%, 48%

Lab43.13, 12.9, -18.82

XYZ14.6, 13.25, 23.98

Decimal7102597

Web safe#666699

Pantone5275 C

Shades of purple

#635879 #594f6e #504762 #473f57 #3d364b #342e40 #2b2634 #211d29 #18151d #0e0d12

Tints of purple

#786b94 #867a9f #948aaa #a299b5 #b0a8c0 #beb7cb #ccc7d6 #dad6e1 #e8e5ec #f6f5f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#798560 Analogous#606685 Analogous#7f6085 Triadic#856c60 Triadic#60856c Split complementary#857f60 Split complementary#668560

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 19, 28, 0, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6c6085 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 28 0 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 30 4 54

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 #6c6085 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6c6085; }
.text { color: #6c6085; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6c6085; }

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 #6c6085 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6c6085 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 #6c6085 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 #6c6085 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 #6c6085 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.