Purple

#6d5c8a

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 262 degrees. 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 #6d5c8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d5c8a

RGB109, 92, 138

HSL262, 20%, 45%

HSV262, 33%, 54%

CMYK21%, 33%, 0%, 46%

Lab42.37, 16.92, -23.01

XYZ14.72, 12.74, 25.73

Decimal7167114

Web safe#666699

Pantone5275 C

Shades of purple

#64547e #5a4c72 #514466 #473c5a #3e344e #342c42 #2b2436 #211c2a #18141e #0f0c12

Tints of purple

#796799 #8776a4 #9586ae #a396b9 #b1a6c3 #beb5ce #ccc5d8 #dad5e3 #e8e5ed #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#798a5c Analogous#5c628a Analogous#845c8a Triadic#8a6d5c Triadic#5c8a6d Split complementary#8a845c Split complementary#628a5c

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 21, 33, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d5c8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 33 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 34 4 52

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 #6d5c8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d5c8a; }
.text { color: #6d5c8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d5c8a; }

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 #6d5c8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d5c8a 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 #6d5c8a 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 #6d5c8a 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 #6d5c8a is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.