Purple

#501a4c

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

This is Purple, a soft pink at 304 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #501a4c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#501a4c

RGB80, 26, 76

HSL304, 51%, 21%

HSV304, 68%, 31%

CMYK0%, 68%, 5%, 69%

Lab19.91, 32.35, -18.77

XYZ4.98, 2.97, 7.15

Decimal5249612

Web safe#663333

Pantone525 C

Shades of purple

#4a1847 #451641 #3f143c #391336 #341131 #2e0f2c #280d26 #220b21 #1d091b #170816

Tints of purple

#6d2368 #8a2d83 #a7369f #c243b8 #cb60c3 #d57dce #de9ad9 #e8b7e4 #f1d4ef #fbf2fa

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#1a501e Analogous#391a50 Analogous#501a31 Triadic#4c501a Triadic#1a4c50 Split complementary#31501a Split complementary#1a5039

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 68, 5, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #501a4c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 68 5 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 9 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.

Purple in css

Copy #501a4c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #501a4c; }
.text { color: #501a4c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #501a4c; }

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 #501a4c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #501a4c 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 #501a4c 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 #501a4c 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

Here is how the numbers for #501a4c are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.