Welcome to Purple
Lighter shades of purple, like lavender, bring to mind spring and romance. Darker shades of purple add more mystery, and can even symbolize creativity. It works great to compliment most colors if the brightness is brought to match. (Think L.A. Lakers and Mardi Gras)
Below you can see all the purples. Copy and paste some of your favorites to use in digital color projects or hand off to your favorite Nerdy Web Guy to use in your next project.
Keep in mind it’s worth making a few selections both light and dark.
| Lavender Mist (web color Lavender) (Hex: #E6E6FA) (RGB: 230, 230, 250) |
| Almost Mauve (Pantone TPX 12-2103) (Hex: #EBE1DF) (RGB: 235, 225, 223) |
| Mauve Morn (Pantone TPX 12-2102) (Hex: #EBDBDB) (RGB: 235, 219, 219) |
| Mauve Chalk (Pantone TPX 12-2902) (Hex: #E4D3D2) (RGB: 228, 211, 210) |
| Pale Lilac (Hex: #DCD0FF) (RGB: 220, 208, 255) |
| Mauvette (Plochere) (Mauve Pink) (Hex: #E8CCD7) (RGB: 232, 204, 215) |
| Deep Mauve Pink (Hex: #DE4BEEB) (RGB: 228, 190, 235) |
| Mauve (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #E0B0FF) (RGB: 224, 176, 255) |
| Thistle (HTML/CSS web color Light Purple) (web color) (Hex: #D8BFD8) (RGB: 216, 191, 216) |
| Lilac (Hex: #CAA2C8) (RGB: 200, 162, 200) |
| Light Orchid (Crayola Orchid) (Hex: #E29CD2) (RGB: 226, 156, 210) |
| Pale Plum (web color Plum) (Medium Lavender Magenta) (Hex: #DDA0DD) (RGB: 221, 160, 221) |
| Lavender Magenta (web color "violet") (Hex: #EE82EE) (RGB: 238, 130, 238) |
| Orchid (web color) (Hex: #DA70D6) (RGB: 218, 112, 240) (CMYK: 0,49,2,15) |
| Heliotrope (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #DF73FF) (RGB: 223, 115, 255) |
| French Mauve (Deep Mauve) (Mauve (Pourpre.com)) (Hex: #D473D4) (RGB: 212, 115, 212) |
| Opera Mauve (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #CA82AF) (RGB: 202, 130, 175) |
| Light Veronica (Xona.com color list "[X11] Purple Light") (Hex:D46FF9) (RGB: 212,111, 249) |
| Psychedelic Purple (Phlox (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #DF00FF) (RGB: 223, 0, 255) |
| Vivid Orchid (Hex: #CC00FF) (RGB: 204, 0, 255) |
| Neon Purple (Hex: #BC13FE) (RGB: 188, 19, 254) |
| Hot Purple (Hex: #CB00F5) (RGB: 203, 0, 245) |
| Electric Purple (True Purple) (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #BF00FF) (RGB: 191, 0, 255) |
| Pontiff (Pontiff Purple) (Hex: #AF00FF) (RGB: 175, 0, 255) |
| Paars (Dutch Purple) (Hex: #AA00FF) (RGB: 170, 0, 255) |
| Veronica (Maerz & Paul) (X11 web color Purple) (Hex: #A020F0) (RGB: 160, 92, 240) |
| Purple (Munsell) (Munsell 5P) (Hex: #9F00C5) (RGB: 159, 0, 197) |
| Dark Orchid (web color) (Hex: #9932CC) (RGB: 153, 50, 204) |
| Deep Purple (Hex: #8B00CC) (RGB: 139, 0, 204) |
| Deep Indigo (web color Blue-Violet) (Hex: #8A2BE2) (RGB: 138, 43, 226) |
| Lavender Indigo (Hex: #9457EB) (RGB: 148, 87, 235) |
| Vanda (Hex: #9842E3) (RGB: 152, 66, 227) |
| Internet Purple (color of "all purple website" www.purple.com) (Hex: #7D26CD) (RGB: 125, 38, 205) |
| Royal Purple (Crayola) (Hex: #7851A9) (RGB: 120, 91, 169) |
| Purple Heart (Crayola) (Hex: #652DC1) (RGB: 101, 45, 93) |
| Prince Fan Purple (lettering on Prince fan website Prince.org) (Hex: #6600B7) (RGB: 102, 0, 187) |
| Generic Purple (www.web-site-tools.com/s/660099.htm) (Hex: #660099) (RGB: 102, 0, 153) |
| Purple Reign (Pantone TPX 19-3620) (Hex: 54446C) (RGB: 84, 68, 108) |
| Purple Rain (color of lettering on Prince's album Purple Rain) (Hex: #4B308D) (RGB: 75, 48, 141) |
| Vulgar Purple (Grape Jelly) (Hex: #3E2F84) (RGB: 62, 47, 132) |
| Pigment Indigo (web color Indigo) (Hex: #4B0082) (RGB: 75, 0, 130) |
| Dark Indigo (Hex: #310062) (RGB: 49, 0, 98) |
| Persian Indigo (Regimental (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #32127A) (RGB: 50, 18, 122) |
| Ultramarine (pigment) (Hex: #120A8F) (RGB: 18, 10, 143) |
| Persian Blue (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #1C39BB) (RGB: 28, 57, 187) |
| Electric Ultramarine (Ultramarine (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #3F00FF) (RGB: 63, 0, 255) |
| Han Purple (Hex: #5218FA) (RGB: 82, 24, 250) |
| Westminster (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #5F00FF) (RGB: 95, 0, 255) |
| Indigo (Electric Indigo) (Hex: #6600FF) (RGB: 102, 0, 255) |
| Pansy (Heartsease) (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #7700FF) (RGB: 119, 0, 255) |
| Violet (Electric Violet) (Hex: #8B00FF) (RGB: 139, 0, 255) |
| Pigment Violet (web color Dark Violet) (Hex: #9400D3) (RGB: 148, 0, 211) |
| Lavender (Floral Lavender) (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #B57EDC) (RGB: 181,126,220) |
| Purple Mountain Majesty (Crayola) (Lavender Purple) (Hex: #9678B6) (RGB: 150, 120, 182) |
| Violet Purple (Crayola) (Hex: #926EAE) (RGB: 146, 110, 174) |
| Purple Yam (Ube) (Hex: #8878C3) (RGB: 136, 120, 195) |
| French Lavender (Lavender (Pourpre.com) (Hex: #9683EC) (RGB: 150, 131, 236) |
| Medium Purple (Hex: #9370DB) (RGB: 147, 112, 219) |
| Amethyst (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #9966CC) (RGB: 153, 102, 204) |
| Deep Lilac (German Lilac) (Hex: #9955BB) (RGB: 153, 85, 187) |
| Purpureus (Purpura) (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #9A4EAE) (RGB: 154, 78, 174) |
| Chinese Purple (Hex: #A757AB) (RGB: 167, 87, 171) |
| Meadow Mauve (Pantone TPX 18-3230) (Hex: #A55790) (RGB: 165, 87, 144) |
| Violet Eggplant (Chinese Eggplant) (Hex: #991199) (RGB: 153, 17, 153) |
| Striking Purple (Pantone TPX 18-3025) (Hex: #98508E) (RGB: 152, 80, 142) |
| Purple Orchid (Pantone TPX 18-3027) (Hex: #AE4F93) (RGB: 174, 79, 107) |
| Purple (Pantone) (Hex: #B634BB) (RGB: 182, 52, 187) |
| Medium Orchid (web color) (Hex: #BA55D3) (RGB: 183, 85, 211) |
| Deep Fuchsia (Fuchsia (Crayola)) (Hex: #C154C1) (RGB: 193, 84, 193) |
| Steel Pink (Crayola Ultra colored pencils) (Hex: #CC33CC) (RGB: 204, 51, 204) |
| Rich Mauve (French Mauve) (Mauve (Pourpre.com)) (Hex: #473D4) (RGB: 212, 115, 212) |
| Opera Mauve (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #CA82AF) (RGB: 202, 130, 175) |
| Mauve Taupe (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #AF868E) (RGB: 175, 134, 142) |
| Medium Vanda (Vanda (ISCC-NBS)) (Lavender Brown) (Hex: #AA8A9E) (RGB: 170, 138, 158) |
| Pale Red-Violet (web color Pale Violet Red) (Hex: #DB7093) (RGB: 219, 112, 147) |
| Fandango Pink (Pantone TPX 17-2033) (Hex: #DE5285) (RGB: 222, 82, 133) |
| Cabaret (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #D94972) (RGB: 217, 73, 114) |
| Red-Purple (Gallego & Sanz) (Hex: #E40078) (RGB: 228, 0, 120) |
| Fuchsia Purple (Pantone TPX 18-2436) (Hex: #CC397B) (RGB: 204, 57, 123) |
| Royal Fuchsia (Hex: #CA2C92) (RGB: 202, 44, 146) |
| Byzantine (Maerz & Paul) (Hex:BD33A4) (RGB: 189, 51, 164) |
| Fandango (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #B53389) (RGB: 181, 51, 137) |
| Medium Red-Violet (Red-Violet (Crayola)) (Hex: #BB3385) (RGB: 187, 51, 133) |
| Red-Violet (web color Medium Violet Red) (Hex: #C71585) (RGB: 199, 21, 133) |
| Mulberry (Crayola) (Hex: #C54B8C) (RGB: 197, 75, 140) |
| Hibiscus (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #B6316C) (RGB: 182, 49, 108) |
| Tyrian Red (Hex: #B21B1C) (RGB: 178, 27, 28) |
| Bright Tyrian Purple (Pourpre (Pourpre.com [Pre-2010])) (Hex: #B80049) (RGB: 184, 0, 73) |
| Rich Tyrian Purple (Pourpre (Pourpre.com)) (Hex: #9E0E40) (RGB: 158, 14, 64) |
| Medium Tyrian Purple (Tyrian Purple (American Azalea Society))(Hex: #990024) (RGB: 97, 64, 81) |
| Amaranth Purple (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #AB274F) (RGB: 171, 39, 79) |
| Night Shadz (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #AA375A) (RGB: 170, 55, 90) |
| Jazzberry Jam (Crayola) (Hex: #A50B5E) (RGB: 165, 11, 94) |
| Royal Heath (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #AB3472) (RGB: 171, 52, 114) |
| Fuchsia Red (Pantone TPX 18-2328) (Hex: #B33A7F) (RGB: 179, 58, 127) |
| Violine (Wallflower) (Hex: #A10684) (RGB: 161, 6, 132) |
| Traffic Purple (RAL 4006) (Hex: #A03472) (RGB: 160, 52, 114) |
| Amaranth Deep Purple (Amaranth (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #9F2B68) (RGB: 159, 43, 104) |
| Red-Violet Eggplant (Hex: #990066) (RGB: 153, 0, 102) |
| Medium Mauve (Vietnamese Mauve) (Hex: #993366) (RGB: 153, 51, 102) |
| Disco (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #871550) (RGB: 135, 21, 80) |
| Boysenberry (Pantone TPX 19-2431) (Hex: #873260) (RGB: 135, 50, 96) |
| Purple Wine (Pantone TPX 18-2929) (Hex: #8E3975) (RGB: 143, 57, 117) |
| Plum (Crayola) (Plum (traditional)) (Hex: #843179) (RGB: 132, 49, 121) |
| Mardi Gras (Xona.com color list Mardi Gras Light) (Hex: #880085) (RGB: 136, 0, 137) |
| PURPLE (HTML/CSS web color Purple) (Patriarch (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #800080) (RGB: 128, 0, 128) |
| Spanish Purple (Purpura (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #7D2181) (RGB: 125, 33, 129) |
| Byzantium (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #702963) (RGB: 112, 41, 99) |
| Imperial (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: 602F6B) (RGB: 96, 47, 107) |
| Purple Magic (Pantone TPX 19-3540) (Hex: #693B71) (RGB: 105, 59, 113) |
| Purple Passion (Pantone TPX 19-3223) (Hex: #682860) (RGB: 104, 40, 96) |
| Palatinate Purple (Hex: #682860) (RGB: 104, 40, 96) |
| Tokyo Purple (Japanese Imperial Purple) (Hex: #5A004A) (RGB: 90, 0, 74) |
| Halaya Ube (Purple Yam Jam) (Hex: #663854) (RGB: 102, 56, 84) |
| Pansy Purple (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #78184A) (RGB: 120, 24, 74) |
| Nightclub (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #660045) (RGB: 102, 0, 69) |
| Tyrian Purple (www.99colors.net) (Imperial Purple) (Hex: #66023C) (RGB: 102, 2, 60) |
| Cosmic (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #763950) (RGB: 118, 57, 93) |
| Persian Plum (Xona.com color list) (Prune) (Hex: #701C1C) (RGB: 112, 28, 28) |
| Old Mauve (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #673147) (RGB: 103, 49, 71) |
| Eggplant (Crayola) (Aubergine) (Hex: #664051) (RGB: 97, 64, 81) |
| Dark Byzantium (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #5D3954) (RGB: 93, 57, 84) |
| Blackberry (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #4D0135) (RGB: 77, 1, 53) |
| Deep Tyrian Purple (Purpura de Tiro Claro (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #4E0041) (RGB: 78, 0, 65) |
| Japanese Purple (Purple (Japanese traditional colors)) (Hex: #4F284B) (RGB: 79, 40, 75) |
| Purple Taupe (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #50404D) (RGB: 80, 64, 77) |
| Dark Mardi Gras (Xona.com color list Mardi Gras) (Hex350036) (RGB: 53, 0, 54) |
| Dark Tyrian Purple (Purpura de Tiro (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #360029) (RGB: 54, 0, 41) |
| Dark Purple (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #301934) (RGB: 48, 25, 52) |
