Purple

#6d3290

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

Purple is a deep purple with a serious cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #6d3290, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d3290
RGB109, 50, 144
HSL278, 48%, 38%
HSV278, 65%, 56%
CMYK24%, 65%, 0%, 44%
Lab33.02, 42.85, -41.42
XYZ12.48, 7.55, 27.18
Decimal7156368
Web safe#663399
Pantone527 C
Pantone527 CHex#6d3290Rgb109 50 144Cmyk24 65 0 44Lab33 43 -41Darker#22102dDeep#45205bLighter#924fba

Shades of purple

Tints of purple

Colors that go with purple

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 24, 65, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d3290 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
24 65 0 44
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
26 64 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Purple in css

Copy #6d3290 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d3290; }
.text { color: #6d3290; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d3290; }

How purple looks on light and dark

Purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6d3290 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
8.37:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass
Textblack text on this color
2.51:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d3290 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 #6d3290 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #6d3290 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from purple, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #6d3290 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.