Purple

#700b8a

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #700b8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#700b8a

RGB112, 11, 138

HSL288, 85%, 29%

HSV288, 92%, 54%

CMYK19%, 92%, 0%, 46%

Lab28.17, 56.14, -45.52

XYZ11.39, 5.52, 24.51

Decimal7342986

Web safe#660099

Pantone2597 C

Shades of purple

#670a7f #5e0974 #550869 #4c085e #440753 #3b0648 #32053d #290432 #200327 #17021c

Tints of purple

#8a0eaa #a410ca #bd13e9 #c730ee #d050f1 #d86ff4 #e18ff6 #eaaff9 #f2cffb #fbeefe

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#258a0b Analogous#310b8a Analogous#8a0b64 Triadic#8a700b Triadic#0b8a70 Split complementary#648a0b Split complementary#0b8a31

Purple in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 19, 92, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #700b8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 92 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 89 4 52

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #700b8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #700b8a; }
.text { color: #700b8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #700b8a; }

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 #700b8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #700b8a 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 #700b8a 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 #700b8a 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 #700b8a are worked out. 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.