Purple

#752253

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

This is Purple, a strong pink at 325 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 #752253, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#752253

RGB117, 34, 83

HSL325, 55%, 30%

HSV325, 71%, 46%

CMYK0%, 71%, 29%, 54%

Lab28.25, 41.06, -10.04

XYZ9.47, 5.55, 8.76

Decimal7676499

Web safe#663366

Pantone242 C

Shades of purple

#6c1f4c #621d46 #591a3f #501739 #461432 #3d122b #340f25 #2a0c1e #210a17 #180711

Tints of purple

#8f2a66 #aa3179 #c4398b #cd539b #d56daa #dc87ba #e4a2c9 #ecbcd8 #f3d7e8 #fbf1f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#227544 Analogous#6e2275 Analogous#752229 Triadic#537522 Triadic#225375 Split complementary#2a7522 Split complementary#22756e

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 0, 71, 29, 54.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #752253 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 71 29 54

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 69 31 60

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 #752253 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #752253; }
.text { color: #752253; }
.border { border: 2px solid #752253; }

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 #752253 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #752253 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 #752253 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 #752253 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 #752253 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.