Purple

#88146d

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

Purple is a deep pink, weighty and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #88146d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#88146d

RGB136, 20, 109

HSL314, 74%, 31%

HSV314, 85%, 53%

CMYK0%, 85%, 20%, 47%

Lab31.44, 54.22, -21.72

XYZ13.16, 6.84, 15.09

Decimal8918125

Web safe#990066

Pantone512 C

Shades of purple

#7d1264 #72115b #670f53 #5c0e4a #510c41 #460a38 #3b0930 #310727 #26061e #1b0415

Tints of purple

#a51884 #c31d9c #df22b3 #e340bd #e75dc7 #eb7ad1 #f098db #f4b5e5 #f8d2ef #fdeffa

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#14882f Analogous#691488 Analogous#881433 Triadic#6d8814 Triadic#146d88 Split complementary#338814 Split complementary#148869

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 85, 20, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #88146d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 20 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 22 53

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #88146d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #88146d; }
.text { color: #88146d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #88146d; }

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 #88146d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #88146d 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 #88146d 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 #88146d 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

Here is how the numbers for #88146d 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.