Purple

#8c2463

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

Purple is a deep pink, serious and easy to pair. 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 #8c2463, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8c2463

RGB140, 36, 99

HSL324, 59%, 35%

HSV324, 74%, 55%

CMYK0%, 74%, 29%, 45%

Lab33.43, 49.08, -12.17

XYZ13.7, 7.74, 12.58

Decimal9184355

Web safe#993366

Pantone249 C

Shades of purple

#80215b #751e53 #691b4a #5e1842 #52153a #471232 #3b0f2a #2f0c22 #240919 #180611

Tints of purple

#a52a75 #be3187 #ce4196 #d55aa4 #db73b2 #e18cc0 #e8a5ce #eebfdc #f5d8e9 #fbf1f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#248c4d Analogous#81248c Analogous#8c242f Triadic#638c24 Triadic#24638c Split complementary#2f8c24 Split complementary#248c81

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 74, 29, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8c2463 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 29 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 31 51

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 #8c2463 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8c2463; }
.text { color: #8c2463; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c2463; }

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 #8c2463 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8c2463 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 #8c2463 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 #8c2463 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 #8c2463 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.