Purple

Pure purple is royalty, mystery, and creativity compressed into one hue. It polarizes — beloved by beauty and gaming, avoided by banks — so use it where personality is the product.

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Values in every format

HEX: #800080
RGB: rgb(128, 0, 128)
HSL: hsl(300, 100%, 25%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.421 0.193 328.4)
CMYK: cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 49.8%)

Hue family: Violet · closest CSS name: purple. Convert this color

Perceptual shade scale

Eleven even steps from 50 to 950, computed in OKLCH — the starred stop is #800080 itself.

50#fff3fe
100#ffe3fd
200#ffcbfc
300#ffa9fb
400#ee85eb
500#d766d4
600#be49bc
700#a0309f
800 ★#800080
900#670a67
950#430043

Build a full system from #800080

Harmonies with purple

Complementary

Maximum contrast — use one side for action, the other sparingly.

#800080 #008000

Analogous

Neighbors on the wheel — calm, cohesive, hard to get wrong.

#400080 #800080 #800040

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues — vibrant, needs one clear leader.

#800080 #808000 #008080

Measured contrast

on white9.42:1 · AA normal ✓

on black2.23:1 · fails AA

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