Deep purple

#3e2a4f

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 weighty cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Deep purple color values

Every conversion for #3e2a4f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e2a4f
RGB62, 42, 79
HSL272, 31%, 24%
HSV272, 47%, 31%
CMYK22%, 47%, 0%, 69%
Lab21.0, 17.66, -19.28
XYZ4.23, 3.24, 7.8
Decimal4074063
Web safe#333366
Pantone5255 C
Pantone5255 CHex#3e2a4fRgb62 42 79Cmyk22 47 0 69Lab21 18 -19Darker#1f1528Deep#342343Lighter#62467b

Shades of deep purple

Tints of deep purple

Colors that go with deep purple

Deep 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 22, 47, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e2a4f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
22 47 0 69
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
24 47 4 75
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 #3e2a4f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e2a4f; }
.text { color: #3e2a4f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e2a4f; }

How deep purple looks on light and dark

Deep purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3e2a4f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
12.74:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass
Textblack text on this color
1.65:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e2a4f 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 #3e2a4f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #3e2a4f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from deep purple, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #3e2a4f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.