Purple Heart (#69359C)

The hex code for Purple Heart is #69359C. It is rgb(105, 53, 156) in RGB, hsl(270, 49%, 41%) in HSL, and about cmyk(33%, 66%, 0%, 39%) in CMYK — a mid-tone purple. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#69359C

HEX#69359C

RGBrgb(105, 53, 156)

HSLhsl(270, 49%, 41%)

HSVhsv(270, 66%, 61%)

CMYKcmyk(33%, 66%, 0%, 39%)

OKLCHoklch(44.9% 0.162 303.7)

LABlab(33.37% 38.80 -47.91)

LCHlch(33.37% 61.65 309.00)

Colors Closest to Purple Heart

Purple Heart is a registered color name. These are the named colors nearest to it, measured as CIE76 distance in CIELAB — a perceptual scale, so the ordering matches what the eye sees rather than how close the raw RGB numbers happen to sit.

Rebecca Purple#663399ΔE 1.07 KSU Purple#512888ΔE 8 Grape#6F2DA8ΔE 10.23 Spanish Violet#4C2882ΔE 10.59 Plump Purple#5946B2ΔE 12.15 Eminence#6C3082ΔE 13

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#69359C Channel Values

How Purple Heart breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 105 · G 53 · B 156	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 270° · S 49% · L 41%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 270° · S 66% · V 61%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 33% · M 66% · Y 0% · K 39%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	8.11:1 vs white · 2.59:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a Purple Heart background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text8.11:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Fails AABlack text2.59:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With Purple Heart

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite Purple Heart; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Triadic

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Split comp.

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Tints & Shades of Purple Heart

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

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Shades

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How Purple Heart Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#69359C

Protanopia#41419C

Protanomaly#543D9C

Deuteranopia#4B4B9B

Deuteranomaly#59439C

Tritanopia#5B4C4C

Tritanomaly#614475

Achromatopsia#505050

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Using #69359C in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--purple-heart: #69359C;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #69359C;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'purple-heart': '#69359C' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.412, green: 0.208, blue: 0.612)

Android XML<color name="purple_heart">#69359C</color>

SVG fillfill="#69359C"

More Purple Colors

Purple Heart sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

6b0099 6800b3 6c3082 6633ff 6e00c0 6633cc 6e11b0 663399 6f00ff 6618af 6f2da8 6600ff 7f01fe 9370db 9966ff aa00ff b981ee cc33ff dab2ff ebdbfa 1d0731 330066 470066 59168b

#69359C Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hex code for Purple Heart?

The hex code for Purple Heart is #69359C. That is rgb(105, 53, 156) in RGB, hsl(270, 49%, 41%) in HSL, and approximately cmyk(33%, 66%, 0%, 39%) in CMYK.

What is the RGB value of #69359C?

#69359C is rgb(105, 53, 156) — red 105, green 53, and blue 156 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #69359C?

#69359C converts to approximately cmyk(33%, 66%, 0%, 39%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #69359C be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #69359C scores 8.11:1 against white and 2.59:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #69359C as a CSS color keyword?

No. #69359C is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is rebeccapurple (#663399) at a CIE76 distance of 1.07, which is below the threshold most people can see.

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