Purple

#7e6185

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

This is Purple, a muted purple at 288 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #7e6185, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7e6185

RGB126, 97, 133

HSL288, 16%, 45%

HSV288, 27%, 52%

CMYK5%, 27%, 0%, 48%

Lab45.19, 18.58, -15.52

XYZ17.11, 14.68, 24.12

Decimal8282501

Web safe#666699

Pantone667 C

Shades of purple

#735979 #68506e #5d4862 #523f57 #47374b #3c2f40 #322634 #271e29 #1c151d #110d12

Tints of purple

#8c6c94 #987b9f #a48baa #b09ab5 #bca9c0 #c8b8cb #d3c7d6 #dfd6e1 #ebe6ec #f7f5f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#688561 Analogous#6c6185 Analogous#85617a Triadic#857e61 Triadic#61857e Split complementary#7a8561 Split complementary#61856c

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 5, 27, 0, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7e6185 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 27 0 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 29 4 54

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 #7e6185 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7e6185; }
.text { color: #7e6185; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7e6185; }

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 #7e6185 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7e6185 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 #7e6185 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 #7e6185 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 #7e6185 is computed, not guessed. 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.