Purple

#7b3573

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

Purple is a deep pink, serious and easy to pair. 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 #7b3573, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7b3573

RGB123, 53, 115

HSL307, 40%, 35%

HSV307, 57%, 48%

CMYK0%, 57%, 7%, 52%

Lab33.97, 39.11, -21.75

XYZ12.54, 7.99, 17.1

Decimal8074611

Web safe#663366

Pantone255 C

Shades of purple

#713169 #672c60 #5d2856 #52234d #481f43 #3e1b3a #341630 #2a1227 #200e1d #150914

Tints of purple

#913f88 #a7489c #b758ac #c16eb7 #ca84c2 #d49acd #ddb0d8 #e7c6e3 #f0dcee #faf3f9

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#357b3d Analogous#60357b Analogous#7b3550 Triadic#737b35 Triadic#35737b Split complementary#507b35 Split complementary#357b60

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 57, 7, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7b3573 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 57 7 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 10 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Purple in css

Copy #7b3573 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7b3573; }
.text { color: #7b3573; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7b3573; }

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 #7b3573 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7b3573 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 #7b3573 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #7b3573 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

The figures for #7b3573 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.