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Purple Colors

182 purple colors in the library, 62 of them carrying a registered name. Every swatch opens a full breakdown: hex, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, LAB and OKLCH values, WCAG contrast, harmonies, tints and shades.

Purple sits between blue and pink, roughly 255° to 290°. It is the hue displays and print disagree about most: many saturated purples fall outside the CMYK gamut entirely, so a purple that looks vivid on screen can print noticeably duller. Check anything print-bound against a proof rather than trusting the CMYK numbers.

Named Purple Colors

The purples that carry a published name, from the CSS keywords through the paint and print registries. These are the ones worth referring to by name in a brief, because the person reading it can look them up.

Every Purple by Lightness

The full purple range grouped from darkest to lightest. Lightness is the L in HSL — the fastest way to find a purple that will hold up as a background, a border, or body text against the rest of your palette.

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Working with Purple

For the editorial guide — what purple signals, where it works, and what to pair it with — read shades of purple. To find a purple by name rather than by eye, use the A-Z index of color names. To build a palette around one, open any swatch and use the palette generator or check it in the contrast checker.