Purple

#8d6c9c

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 confident cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #8d6c9c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d6c9c

RGB141, 108, 156

HSL281, 20%, 52%

HSV281, 31%, 61%

CMYK10%, 31%, 0%, 39%

Lab50.44, 22.23, -21.01

XYZ22.35, 18.79, 33.9

Decimal9268380

Web safe#996699

Pantone667 C

Shades of purple

#816190 #755782 #684e74 #5c4566 #4f3b58 #43324a #36283c #291f2e #1d1620 #100c12

Tints of purple

#987aa5 #a287ae #ad95b8 #b7a3c1 #c2b0ca #ccbed3 #d7cbdc #e2d9e5 #ece7ef #f7f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#7b9c6c Analogous#756c9c Analogous#9c6c93 Triadic#9c8d6c Triadic#6c9c8d Split complementary#939c6c Split complementary#6c9c75

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 31, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d6c9c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 31 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 33 4 45

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 #8d6c9c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d6c9c; }
.text { color: #8d6c9c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d6c9c; }

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 #8d6c9c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d6c9c 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 #8d6c9c 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 #8d6c9c 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 #8d6c9c is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.