Purple

#9d88b4

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

This is Purple, a muted purple at 269 degrees. 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 #9d88b4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9d88b4

RGB157, 136, 180

HSL269, 23%, 62%

HSV269, 24%, 71%

CMYK13%, 24%, 0%, 29%

Lab59.95, 16.59, -20.16

XYZ30.95, 28.07, 46.97

Decimal10324148

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#8f76a9 #80659e #72598d #644e7c #56436a #483859 #3a2d47 #2b2236 #1d1724 #0f0c13

Tints of purple

#a693bb #af9ec2 #b8a8c8 #c1b3cf #c9bed6 #d2c9dd #dbd4e4 #e4deea #ede9f1 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#9fb488 Analogous#8889b4 Analogous#b388b4 Triadic#b49d88 Triadic#88b49d Split complementary#b4b388 Split complementary#89b488

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 13, 24, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9d88b4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 24 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 26 4 35

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 #9d88b4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9d88b4; }
.text { color: #9d88b4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9d88b4; }

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 #9d88b4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9d88b4 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 #9d88b4 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 #9d88b4 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 #9d88b4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.