Purple

#721251

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

This is Purple, a strong pink at 321 degrees. 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 #721251, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#721251

RGB114, 18, 81

HSL321, 73%, 26%

HSV321, 84%, 45%

CMYK0%, 84%, 29%, 55%

Lab25.58, 45.62, -12.84

XYZ8.64, 4.6, 8.22

Decimal7475793

Web safe#660066

Pantone242 C

Shades of purple

#69114b #600f45 #580e3e #4f0c38 #460b32 #3d0a2c #350825 #2c071f #230619 #1a0413

Tints of purple

#911767 #b01c7d #cf2193 #df35a5 #e454b3 #e973c0 #ee92ce #f3b1dc #f8d0ea #fdf0f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#127233 Analogous#631272 Analogous#721221 Triadic#517212 Triadic#125172 Split complementary#217212 Split complementary#127263

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 84, 29, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #721251 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 84 29 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 81 31 61

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 #721251 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #721251; }
.text { color: #721251; }
.border { border: 2px solid #721251; }

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 #721251 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #721251 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 #721251 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 #721251 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 #721251 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 uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.