Purple

#9d93bc

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

Purple falls in the purple range, mid and muted. 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 #9d93bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9d93bc

RGB157, 147, 188

HSL255, 23%, 66%

HSV255, 22%, 74%

CMYK16%, 22%, 0%, 26%

Lab63.07, 12.09, -19.94

XYZ33.42, 31.67, 51.93

Decimal10326972

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#8c80b0 #7b6da5 #6b5d96 #5e5284 #504671 #433a5e #362f4b #282338 #1b1726 #0d0c13

Tints of purple

#a69dc2 #afa6c8 #b7b0ce #c0bad4 #c9c3da #d2cde0 #dbd7e6 #e3e1ec #eceaf2 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b2bc93 Analogous#939ebc Analogous#b293bc Triadic#bc9d93 Triadic#93bc9d Split complementary#bcb293 Split complementary#9dbc93

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 22, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9d93bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 22 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 24 4 32

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 #9d93bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9d93bc; }
.text { color: #9d93bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9d93bc; }

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 #9d93bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9d93bc 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 #9d93bc 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 #9d93bc 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 #9d93bc 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.