Purple

#6d0b49

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

This is Purple, a vivid pink at 322 degrees. 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 #6d0b49, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d0b49

RGB109, 11, 73

HSL322, 82%, 24%

HSV322, 90%, 43%

CMYK0%, 90%, 33%, 57%

Lab23.58, 45.09, -10.6

XYZ7.63, 3.97, 6.67

Decimal7146313

Web safe#660033

Pantone242 C

Shades of purple

#650a44 #5d093e #550939 #4d0833 #44072e #3c0628 #340523 #2c041d #240418 #1c0313

Tints of purple

#8f0e60 #b11276 #d2158d #e924a1 #ec46af #f068be #f389cc #f7abdb #facde9 #fdeff8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#0b6d2f Analogous#600b6d Analogous#6d0b18 Triadic#496d0b Triadic#0b496d Split complementary#186d0b Split complementary#0b6d60

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, 90, 33, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d0b49 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 90 33 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 87 34 63

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 #6d0b49 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d0b49; }
.text { color: #6d0b49; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d0b49; }

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 #6d0b49 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d0b49 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 #6d0b49 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 #6d0b49 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 #6d0b49 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.