Purple

#8a7ea3

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

Purple is a mid purple with a balanced cast. 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 #8a7ea3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a7ea3

RGB138, 126, 163

HSL259, 17%, 57%

HSV259, 23%, 64%

CMYK15%, 23%, 0%, 36%

Lab55.04, 12.23, -18.07

XYZ24.55, 22.97, 37.79

Decimal9076387

Web safe#996699

Pantone5285 C

Shades of purple

#7c6f98 #70638b #64587b #574d6c #4b435d #3f384e #332d3f #272230 #1b1721 #0e0d12

Tints of purple

#958aab #a096b4 #aaa2bc #b5adc5 #c0b9cd #cbc5d6 #d5d1de #e0dde7 #ebe9ef #f6f5f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#97a37e Analogous#7e84a3 Analogous#9d7ea3 Triadic#a38a7e Triadic#7ea38a Split complementary#a39d7e Split complementary#84a37e

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 15, 23, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a7ea3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 23 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 25 4 42

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 #8a7ea3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a7ea3; }
.text { color: #8a7ea3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a7ea3; }

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 #8a7ea3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a7ea3 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 #8a7ea3 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 #8a7ea3 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 #8a7ea3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.