Purple

#957da1

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 grounded 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 #957da1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#957da1

RGB149, 125, 161

HSL280, 16%, 56%

HSV280, 22%, 63%

CMYK7%, 22%, 0%, 37%

Lab55.72, 16.13, -15.79

XYZ26.16, 23.63, 36.9

Decimal9797025

Web safe#996699

Pantone5285 C

Shades of purple

#896e96 #7c6388 #6e587a #614d6b #53425c #46384d #382d3e #2b222f #1e1821 #100d12

Tints of purple

#9f89aa #a995b2 #b2a1bb #bcadc4 #c6b9cc #d0c5d5 #d9d1de #e3dde6 #ede9ef #f7f5f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#89a17d Analogous#837da1 Analogous#a17d9b Triadic#a1957d Triadic#7da195 Split complementary#9ba17d Split complementary#7da183

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 22, 0, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #957da1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 22 0 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 24 4 43

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 #957da1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #957da1; }
.text { color: #957da1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #957da1; }

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 #957da1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #957da1 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 #957da1 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 #957da1 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 #957da1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.