Deep purple

#3a2e4a

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

Deep purple is a deep purple with a serious cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Deep purple color values

Every conversion for #3a2e4a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3a2e4a

RGB58, 46, 74

HSL266, 23%, 24%

HSV266, 38%, 29%

CMYK22%, 38%, 0%, 71%

Lab21.39, 12.16, -15.34

XYZ3.96, 3.35, 6.92

Decimal3812938

Web safe#333333

Pantone5255 C

Shades of deep purple

#362b44 #31273f #2d2439 #292034 #241d2e #201929 #1c1623 #17131e #130f18 #0f0c13

Tints of deep purple

#4c3c61 #5e4b78 #70598f #826aa3 #9681b1 #a998bf #bcafcd #cfc6dc #e3ddea #f6f4f8

Colors that go with deep purple

Complementary#3e4a2e Analogous#2e304a Analogous#482e4a Triadic#4a3a2e Triadic#2e4a3a Split complementary#4a482e Split complementary#304a2e

Deep purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 22, 38, 0, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3a2e4a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 38 0 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 39 4 77

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.

Deep purple in css

Copy #3a2e4a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3a2e4a; }
.text { color: #3a2e4a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3a2e4a; }

How deep purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3a2e4a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3a2e4a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3a2e4a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep purple? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3a2e4a 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 deep purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #3a2e4a is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.