Purple

#9d8baa

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 275 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 #9d8baa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9d8baa

RGB157, 139, 170

HSL275, 15%, 61%

HSV275, 18%, 67%

CMYK8%, 18%, 0%, 33%

Lab60.37, 12.73, -13.84

XYZ30.39, 28.54, 41.94

Decimal10324906

Web safe#999999

Pantone666 C

Shades of purple

#8f7b9e #826b92 #745f82 #655472 #574862 #493c52 #3a3042 #2c2432 #1e1922 #100d12

Tints of purple

#a696b2 #afa0b9 #b8abc1 #c1b5c9 #cac0d1 #d3cad8 #dcd5e0 #e4e0e8 #edeaf0 #f6f5f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#98aa8b Analogous#8d8baa Analogous#aa8ba7 Triadic#aa9d8b Triadic#8baa9d Split complementary#a7aa8b Split complementary#8baa8e

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 8, 18, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9d8baa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 18 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 21 4 39

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 #9d8baa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9d8baa; }
.text { color: #9d8baa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9d8baa; }

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 #9d8baa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9d8baa 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 #9d8baa 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 #9d8baa 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 #9d8baa come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.