Purple

#8c007b

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

This is Purple, a vivid pink at 307 degrees. 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 #8c007b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8c007b

RGB140, 0, 123

HSL307, 100%, 27%

HSV307, 100%, 55%

CMYK0%, 100%, 12%, 45%

Lab31.82, 60.37, -29.96

XYZ14.39, 7.01, 19.33

Decimal9175163

Web safe#990066

Pantone512 C

Shades of purple

#810071 #760068 #6b005e #600055 #55004b #4a0041 #3f0038 #34002e #2a0024 #1f001b

Tints of purple

#af009a #d200b9 #f600d8 #ff1ae3 #ff3de7 #ff60ec #ff84f0 #ffa7f4 #ffcaf9 #ffedfd

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#008c11 Analogous#57008c Analogous#8c0035 Triadic#7b8c00 Triadic#007b8c Split complementary#358c00 Split complementary#008c57

Purple in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 12, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8c007b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 12 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 15 51

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 #8c007b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8c007b; }
.text { color: #8c007b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c007b; }

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 #8c007b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8c007b 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 #8c007b 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 #8c007b 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 #8c007b are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.