Dark purple

#3f1f4e

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

This is Dark purple, a soft purple at 281 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark purple color values

Every conversion for #3f1f4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3f1f4e

RGB63, 31, 78

HSL281, 43%, 21%

HSV281, 60%, 31%

CMYK19%, 60%, 0%, 69%

Lab18.31, 24.8, -22.84

XYZ3.92, 2.59, 7.5

Decimal4136782

Web safe#333366

Pantone269 C

Shades of dark purple

#3a1d48 #361b43 #31183d #2d1638 #281432 #24122c #1f0f27 #1b0d21 #160b1c #120916

Tints of dark purple

#552a69 #6b3585 #8140a0 #964eb9 #a769c3 #b785ce #c7a0d9 #d7bbe4 #e7d7ef #f7f2fa

Colors that go with dark purple

Complementary#2e4e1f Analogous#281f4e Analogous#4e1f45 Triadic#4e3f1f Triadic#1f4e3f Split complementary#454e1f Split complementary#1f4e28

Dark 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 19, 60, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3f1f4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 60 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 59 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.

Dark purple in css

Copy #3f1f4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3f1f4e; }
.text { color: #3f1f4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3f1f4e; }

How dark purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3f1f4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3f1f4e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3f1f4e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark purple? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3f1f4e 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 dark purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #3f1f4e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.