Purple

#9c8fa6

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #9c8fa6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c8fa6

RGB156, 143, 166

HSL274, 11%, 61%

HSV274, 14%, 65%

CMYK6%, 14%, 0%, 35%

Lab61.19, 9.28, -10.34

XYZ30.42, 29.47, 40.16

Decimal10260390

Web safe#999999

Pantone666 C

Shades of purple

#8e7f9a #81708d #72647e #64586e #564b5f #483f4f #3a3340 #2c2630 #1e1a21 #100e11

Tints of purple

#a599ae #aea3b6 #b7aebe #c0b8c6 #c9c2cf #d2ccd7 #dbd6df #e4e1e7 #edebef #f6f5f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#99a68f Analogous#918fa6 Analogous#a68fa4 Triadic#a69c8f Triadic#8fa69c Split complementary#a5a68f Split complementary#8fa691

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 6, 14, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c8fa6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 14 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 17 4 41

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 #9c8fa6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c8fa6; }
.text { color: #9c8fa6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c8fa6; }

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 #9c8fa6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c8fa6 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 #9c8fa6 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 #9c8fa6 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 #9c8fa6 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.