Purple

#712a7a

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

This is Purple, a soft pink at 293 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #712a7a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#712a7a

RGB113, 42, 122

HSL293, 49%, 32%

HSV293, 66%, 48%

CMYK7%, 66%, 0%, 52%

Lab30.81, 43.0, -31.23

XYZ11.15, 6.57, 19.09

Decimal7416442

Web safe#663366

Pantone2612 C

Shades of purple

#682770 #5f2366 #55205c #4c1c52 #431948 #3a163e #311235 #270f2b #1e0b21 #150817

Tints of purple

#883292 #9e3bab #b247c0 #bc5fc8 #c678d0 #d190d9 #dba8e1 #e5c1ea #efd9f2 #f9f2fa

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#337a2a Analogous#492a7a Analogous#7a2a5b Triadic#7a712a Triadic#2a7a71 Split complementary#5b7a2a Split complementary#2a7a49

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 66, 0, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #712a7a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 66 0 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 65 4 58

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 #712a7a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #712a7a; }
.text { color: #712a7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #712a7a; }

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 #712a7a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #712a7a 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 #712a7a 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 #712a7a 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 #712a7a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.