Aqeeb Studio

Color family

Purple Colors: Names, HEX Codes & Shades

Purple covers hue angles of roughly 255° to 315°, between blue and pink. The family includes indigo, violet, plum, orchid, magenta and the deep, dark purples. The family URLs for violet, magenta and lavender lead to this page.

Purple is usually dark enough for white text: the CSS color purple (#800080) has 9.41:1 contrast with white and indigo (#4B0082) 12.95:1. Light tints such as violet and orchid are the reverse and read better with dark text. Open any color to see its exact ratios.

Purple colors at a glance

73purple colors in the library
51%average HSL lightness
72%average HSL saturation
49%reach 4.5:1 contrast with white text
52%reach 4.5:1 contrast with black text
Extremes among purple colors
ExtremeColorHEXHSL
Lightest Pale Mauve #FED0FChsl(303, 96%, 91%)
Darkest Very Dark Purple #2A0134hsl(288, 96%, 10%)
Most saturated Vivid Purple #9900FAhsl(277, 100%, 49%)
Least saturated Dusty Purple #825F87hsl(293, 17%, 45%)
Indigo#4B0082 Purple#800080 Magenta#FF00FF Violet#EE82EE Plum#DDA0DD Lilac#CEA2FD Dark Magenta#8B008B Rebecca Purple#663399 Dark Violet#9400D3 Dark Orchid#9932CC Blue Violet#8A2BE2 Medium Orchid#BA55D3

Using purple colors

  • Creative, entertainment and event designs, where a purple gives a distinctive look.
  • Gradients, where purple blends smoothly into blue or pink.
  • Backgrounds and buttons with white text, using a deep purple.
  • Accents next to yellow, which sits opposite purple on the color wheel.

Purple and blue can look alike to people with red-green color blindness. Do not let that be the only difference between two states.

Very saturated purples can vibrate next to bright backgrounds. Soften one of the two, or add a thin neutral border.

All 73 purple colors

Amethyst#9B5FC0 Aubergine#3D0734 Baby Purple#CA9BF7 Blue Purple#5729CE Blue Violet#8A2BE2 Bright Lilac#C95EFB Bright Magenta#FF08E8 Bright Violet#AD0AFD Dark Indigo#1F0954 Dark Lavender#856798 Dark Lilac#9C6DA5 Dark Magenta#8B008B Dark Orchid#9932CC Dark Purple#35063E Dark Violet#9400D3 Deep Lavender#8D5EB7 Deep Lilac#966EBD Deep Purple#36013F Deep Violet#490648 Dull Purple#84597E Dusky Purple#895B7B Dusty Lavender#AC86A8 Dusty Purple#825F87 Easter Purple#C071FE Eggplant#380835 Eggplant Purple#430541 Electric Purple#AA23FF Faded Purple#916E99 Grape#6C3461 Grape Purple#5D1451 Heather#A484AC Heliotrope#D94FF5 Hot Magenta#F504C9 Hot Purple#CB00F5 Indigo#4B0082 Light Eggplant#894585 Light Lavender#DFC5FE Light Lilac#EDC8FF Light Magenta#FA5FF7 Light Purple#BF77F6 Light Violet#D6B4FC Lighter Purple#A55AF4 Lilac#CEA2FD Magenta#FF00FF Medium Orchid#BA55D3 Medium Purple#9370DB Midnight Purple#280137 Muted Purple#805B87 Neon Purple#BC13FE Orchid#DA70D6 Pale Lavender#EECFFE Pale Lilac#E4CBFF Pale Mauve#FED0FC Pale Purple#B790D4 Pale Violet#CEAEFA Pastel Purple#CAA0FF Pink Purple#DB4BDA Plum#DDA0DD Plum Purple#4E0550 Purple#800080 Rebecca Purple#663399 Red Purple#820747 Rich Purple#720058 Royal Purple#4B006E Soft Purple#A66FB5 Thistle#D8BFD8 Very Dark Purple#2A0134 Very Light Purple#F6CEFC Vibrant Purple#AD03DE Violet#EE82EE Vivid Purple#9900FA Warm Purple#952E8F Wisteria#A87DC2

More families

Red (53)Orange (29)Yellow (54)Green (174)Cyan / Teal (27)Blue (105)Pink (66)Brown (96)Gray (25)Black (2)White (16) All families