Purple

#9e92bf

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 256 degrees. 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 #9e92bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e92bf

RGB158, 146, 191

HSL256, 26%, 66%

HSV256, 24%, 75%

CMYK17%, 24%, 0%, 25%

Lab63.0, 13.66, -21.72

XYZ33.78, 31.59, 53.61

Decimal10392255

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#8d7fb4 #7c6ba8 #6c5b9a #5e4f87 #514474 #433960 #362d4d #28223a #1b1727 #0d0b13

Tints of purple

#a79cc5 #afa6ca #b8afd0 #c1b9d6 #c9c3dc #d2cde1 #dbd6e7 #e4e0ed #eceaf3 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b3bf92 Analogous#929cbf Analogous#b492bf Triadic#bf9e92 Triadic#92bf9e Split complementary#bfb492 Split complementary#9cbf92

Purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 17, 24, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e92bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 24 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 26 4 31

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 #9e92bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e92bf; }
.text { color: #9e92bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e92bf; }

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 #9e92bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e92bf 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 #9e92bf 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 #9e92bf 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 #9e92bf 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.