Purple

#87759d

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 267 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #87759d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#87759d

RGB135, 117, 157

HSL267, 17%, 54%

HSV267, 25%, 62%

CMYK14%, 25%, 0%, 38%

Lab52.18, 15.13, -18.97

XYZ22.44, 20.31, 34.64

Decimal8877469

Web safe#996699

Pantone667 C

Shades of purple

#7b6892 #6f5e84 #635376 #574967 #4b3f59 #3f354b #332b3d #27212e #1b1720 #0f0d12

Tints of purple

#9282a6 #9d8faf #a89bb8 #b3a8c1 #beb5ca #cac2d3 #d5cedc #e0dbe5 #ebe8ef #f6f5f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#8b9d75 Analogous#75779d Analogous#9b759d Triadic#9d8775 Triadic#759d87 Split complementary#9d9b75 Split complementary#779d75

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 14, 25, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #87759d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 25 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 27 4 44

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 #87759d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #87759d; }
.text { color: #87759d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87759d; }

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 #87759d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #87759d 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 #87759d 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 #87759d 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 #87759d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.