Purple

#661e8a

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

This is Purple, a strong purple at 280 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #661e8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#661e8a

RGB102, 30, 138

HSL280, 64%, 33%

HSV280, 78%, 54%

CMYK26%, 78%, 0%, 46%

Lab28.35, 48.99, -45.3

XYZ10.53, 5.59, 24.57

Decimal6692490

Web safe#663399

Pantone2597 C

Shades of purple

#5e1c7f #551973 #4d1768 #45145d #3c1252 #340f46 #2c0d3b #230a30 #1b0824 #130519

Tints of purple

#7a24a5 #8d2abf #9f36d3 #ac51d9 #b86bdf #c586e5 #d2a0ea #dfbbf0 #ebd6f6 #f8f0fc

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#428a1e Analogous#301e8a Analogous#8a1e78 Triadic#8a661e Triadic#1e8a66 Split complementary#788a1e Split complementary#1e8a30

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 26, 78, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #661e8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 78 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 76 4 52

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 #661e8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #661e8a; }
.text { color: #661e8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #661e8a; }

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 #661e8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #661e8a 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 #661e8a 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 #661e8a 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

The figures for #661e8a 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.