Deep purple

#4e2e59

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

Deep purple falls in the purple range, deep and soft. 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 #4e2e59, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e2e59

RGB78, 46, 89

HSL285, 32%, 26%

HSV285, 48%, 35%

CMYK12%, 48%, 0%, 65%

Lab24.62, 23.12, -20.1

XYZ5.92, 4.29, 9.97

Decimal5123673

Web safe#663366

Pantone669 C

Shades of deep purple

#482a52 #42274b #3c2344 #36203d #301c37 #2a1930 #241529 #1e1222 #180e1b #120a14

Tints of deep purple

#633a71 #774688 #8c53a0 #9d66b0 #ac7ebc #bb95c8 #caadd4 #d9c4e1 #e8dced #f7f3f9

Colors that go with deep purple

Complementary#39592e Analogous#392e59 Analogous#592e4e Triadic#594e2e Triadic#2e594e Split complementary#4e592e Split complementary#2e5939

Deep purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 12, 48, 0, 65.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e2e59 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 48 0 65

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 48 4 71

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 #4e2e59 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e2e59; }
.text { color: #4e2e59; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e2e59; }

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 #4e2e59 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e2e59 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 #4e2e59 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 #4e2e59 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

The figures for #4e2e59 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.