Information about Purple color
Basic facts about this digital color
#800080 presents itself as a intensely saturated purple-pink magenta — one that sits comfortably between light and dark. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Philippine Violet (#81007F). Nearby in the Register you will also find Mardi Gras (#880085) and Dark Magenta (#8B008B).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(128, 0, 128)), which gives #800080 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 9.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.2:1. The name "Purple" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Purple color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Purple color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Purple color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Purple color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Purple color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Purple color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Purple color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Purple
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#81007F
#880085
#8B008B
#720B98
#751973
#7F055F
#720E9E
#990066
#8C055E
#85075B
#7911A2
#A2006D
Purple color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#800080
- RGB128, 0, 128
- CMYK0, 50, 0, 50
- CSSrgb(128, 0, 128)
- HSL300°, 100%, 25%
- HSL Precise300°, 100%, 25.098%
- HSV300°, 100%, 50%
- HSB300°, 100%, 50%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.502
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
- GLSLvec3(0.502, 0.000, 0.502)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.502, 0.000, 0.502, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.502, 0.000, 0.502)
- Percentage of Red in RGB50.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB0%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID800080
- DECIMAL ID8388736
- Name Length6
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- Counting from2025-01-01
