Purple

#8c0766

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 317 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 #8c0766, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8c0766

RGB140, 7, 102

HSL317, 90%, 29%

HSV317, 95%, 55%

CMYK0%, 95%, 27%, 45%

Lab31.08, 56.57, -17.71

XYZ13.29, 6.69, 13.16

Decimal9176934

Web safe#990066

Pantone2425 C

Shades of purple

#81065e #760656 #6b054e #600546 #55043e #490436 #3e032d #330325 #28021d #1d0115

Tints of purple

#ad097e #ce0a96 #ef0cae #f429ba #f64ac5 #f86bcf #f98bda #fbace4 #fdcdef #feeefa

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#078c2d Analogous#70078c Analogous#8c0723 Triadic#668c07 Triadic#07668c Split complementary#248c07 Split complementary#078c6f

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, 95, 27, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8c0766 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 95 27 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 91 29 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Purple in css

Copy #8c0766 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8c0766; }
.text { color: #8c0766; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c0766; }

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 #8c0766 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8c0766 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 #8c0766 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 #8c0766 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 #8c0766 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.