Purple

#7e6e8a

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

This is Purple, a grey purple at 274 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 #7e6e8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7e6e8a

RGB126, 110, 138

HSL274, 11%, 49%

HSV274, 20%, 54%

CMYK9%, 20%, 0%, 46%

Lab48.79, 11.9, -13.04

XYZ18.77, 17.42, 26.42

Decimal8285834

Web safe#666699

Pantone667 C

Shades of purple

#73647e #685b72 #5d5166 #52475a #473e4e #3c3441 #312b35 #262129 #1b171d #100e11

Tints of purple

#8a7b96 #9688a0 #a296ab #aea4b6 #bab1c1 #c6bfcc #d2ccd7 #dedae1 #eae7ec #f6f5f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#7a8a6e Analogous#706e8a Analogous#8a6e88 Triadic#8a7e6e Triadic#6e8a7e Split complementary#888a6e Split complementary#6e8a70

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 9, 20, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7e6e8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 20 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 22 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 #7e6e8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7e6e8a; }
.text { color: #7e6e8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7e6e8a; }

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 #7e6e8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7e6e8a 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 #7e6e8a 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 #7e6e8a 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 #7e6e8a 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.