Deep purple

#785b80

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

Deep purple falls in the purple range, deep and muted. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Deep purple color values

Every conversion for #785b80, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#785b80

RGB120, 91, 128

HSL287, 17%, 43%

HSV287, 29%, 50%

CMYK6%, 29%, 0%, 50%

Lab42.81, 18.97, -16.18

XYZ15.38, 13.03, 22.13

Decimal7887744

Web safe#666699

Pantone667 C

Shades of deep purple

#6e5375 #634b6a #59445f #4f3c54 #443449 #3a2c3e #302433 #251c28 #1b151d #110d12

Tints of deep purple

#876690 #94759d #a085a8 #ad95b3 #b9a5bf #c6b5ca #d2c5d6 #ded5e1 #ebe5ec #f7f5f8

Colors that go with deep purple

Complementary#63805b Analogous#665b80 Analogous#805b75 Triadic#80785b Triadic#5b8078 Split complementary#76805b Split complementary#5b8066

Deep purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 6, 29, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #785b80 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 29 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 31 4 56

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.

Deep purple in css

Copy #785b80 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #785b80; }
.text { color: #785b80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #785b80; }

How deep purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #785b80 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #785b80 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #785b80 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep 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 deep purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #785b80 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 deep purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #785b80 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.