Purple

#6a137a

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 strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #6a137a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a137a

RGB106, 19, 122

HSL291, 73%, 28%

HSV291, 84%, 48%

CMYK13%, 84%, 0%, 52%

Lab26.55, 50.17, -38.12

XYZ9.69, 4.94, 18.85

Decimal6951802

Web safe#660066

Pantone2603 C

Shades of purple

#621270 #591067 #510f5d #490d54 #410c4a #380a41 #300937 #28072e #1f0624 #17041a

Tints of purple

#841898 #9f1cb7 #b921d5 #c639e0 #cf58e5 #d876ea #e094ee #e9b3f3 #f2d1f8 #fbf0fd

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#237a13 Analogous#37137a Analogous#7a1356 Triadic#7a6a13 Triadic#137a6a Split complementary#577a13 Split complementary#137a36

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 13, 84, 0, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a137a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 84 0 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 81 4 58

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #6a137a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a137a; }
.text { color: #6a137a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a137a; }

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 #6a137a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a137a 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 #6a137a 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 #6a137a 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

Every value on this page for #6a137a is computed, not guessed. 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.