Purple

#6d1d84

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

This is Purple, a strong purple at 287 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #6d1d84, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d1d84

RGB109, 29, 132

HSL287, 64%, 32%

HSV287, 78%, 52%

CMYK17%, 78%, 0%, 48%

Lab28.89, 49.5, -40.62

XYZ10.91, 5.8, 22.37

Decimal7150980

Web safe#663399

Pantone526 C

Shades of purple

#641b79 #5b186f #531664 #4a1459 #41114f #380f44 #2f0d39 #260a2e #1e0824 #150619

Tints of purple

#83239f #9a29ba #ae32d2 #b94dd8 #c469de #ce84e4 #d99fea #e4baf0 #efd5f6 #f9f0fc

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#34841d Analogous#3a1d84 Analogous#841d67 Triadic#846d1d Triadic#1d846d Split complementary#68841d Split complementary#1d843a

Purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 17, 78, 0, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d1d84 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 78 0 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 76 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 #6d1d84 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d1d84; }
.text { color: #6d1d84; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d1d84; }

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 #6d1d84 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d1d84 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 #6d1d84 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 #6d1d84 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 #6d1d84 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.