Deep purple

#3c2b4e

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 serious cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Deep purple color values

Every conversion for #3c2b4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3c2b4e

RGB60, 43, 78

HSL269, 29%, 24%

HSV269, 45%, 31%

CMYK23%, 45%, 0%, 69%

Lab20.97, 16.02, -18.66

XYZ4.1, 3.24, 7.62

Decimal3943246

Web safe#333366

Pantone5255 C

Shades of deep purple

#382848 #332542 #2f213d #2a1e37 #261b31 #21182b #1d1525 #18111f #140e1a #0f0b14

Tints of deep purple

#4e3866 #61457e #735396 #8664aa #987cb7 #ab94c4 #beacd1 #d1c4de #e3dceb #f6f3f9

Colors that go with deep purple

Complementary#3d4e2b Analogous#2b2c4e Analogous#4d2b4e Triadic#4e3c2b Triadic#2b4e3c Split complementary#4e4e2b Split complementary#2b4e2b

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 23, 45, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3c2b4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 45 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 45 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 #3c2b4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3c2b4e; }
.text { color: #3c2b4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3c2b4e; }

How deep purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3c2b4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3c2b4e 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 #3c2b4e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #3c2b4e 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 deep purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #3c2b4e 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.