Purple

#751d51

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 #751d51, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#751d51

RGB117, 29, 81

HSL325, 60%, 29%

HSV325, 75%, 46%

CMYK0%, 75%, 31%, 54%

Lab27.45, 42.8, -9.93

XYZ9.26, 5.25, 8.31

Decimal7675217

Web safe#663366

Pantone242 C

Shades of purple

#6c1b4b #631844 #59163e #501437 #471231 #3e0f2b #340d24 #2b0b1e #220817 #190611

Tints of purple

#912464 #ac2b77 #c8328b #d24a9b #d966aa #e082b9 #e79dc9 #eeb9d8 #f5d5e8 #fbf1f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#1d7541 Analogous#6d1d75 Analogous#751d25 Triadic#51751d Triadic#1d5175 Split complementary#25751d Split complementary#1d756d

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 75, 31, 54.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #751d51 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 75 31 54

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 73 33 60

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 #751d51 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #751d51; }
.text { color: #751d51; }
.border { border: 2px solid #751d51; }

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 #751d51 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #751d51 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 #751d51 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 #751d51 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 #751d51 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.