Purple

#5e2f5b

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

Purple sits in the pink band, deep and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #5e2f5b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e2f5b
RGB94, 47, 91
HSL304, 33%, 28%
HSV304, 50%, 37%
CMYK0%, 50%, 3%, 63%
Lab27.21, 28.42, -17.21
XYZ7.52, 5.17, 10.5
Decimal6172507
Web safe#663366
Pantone2622 C
Pantone2622 CHex#5e2f5bRgb94 47 91Cmyk0 50 3 63Lab27 28 -17Darker#291427Deep#442242Lighter#8a4a86

Shades of purple

Tints of purple

Colors that go with purple

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 0, 50, 3, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e2f5b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 50 3 63
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 50 7 69
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 #5e2f5b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e2f5b; }
.text { color: #5e2f5b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e2f5b; }

How purple looks on light and dark

Purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5e2f5b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
10.33:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass
Textblack text on this color
2.03:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e2f5b 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 #5e2f5b sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #5e2f5b and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from purple, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #5e2f5b 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.