The fierce energy of red and the calm stability of blue together produce the royal and noble purple color. The color purple also gives an impression of wealth, power, extravagance, ambition, creativity, wisdom, peace, pride, independence, dignity, and mystery. Historically, we can see that the purple color was associated with royalty and wealth. This is probably because of the fact that the preparation of the color purple was expensive and only rich people could afford to use this color.
However, now, you don’t have to be rich to use the purple color. You can quite easily create different shades of purple color by mixing cyan (blue), magenta (red), yellow, and black in different proportions. If you wonder how many shades of purple are there, the answer is you can prepare several types of purple color by mixing the primary colors in a different ratio. However, this article will discuss the 35 most graceful shades of purple.
How to Make Purple?
The purple color is basically a combination of blue and red colors. However, different proportions of the primary colors (red & blue) can create different shades of purple. According to the CMYK procedure of making purple, the shade of purple color depends on how much Cyan (C), Magenta (M), Yellow (Y), and Black (K) is present in the color.
In the red purples where the amount of red color is high, the color gives us a warm tone. On the other hand, in the case of blue purples where the blue color is present in the high percentage, we get a cooler tone.
Lets take a look at the 35 Different Shades of Purple:
1. Amethyst
Hex Code: #9966CC
CMYK Code: 25, 50, 0, 20
RGB Code: 153, 102, 204
This is a light purple color, and it comes from one of the classic jewel stones, gemstones. You can prepare this color by mixing a splash of red and 2/3 amount blue.
2. Claret
Hex Code: #53013F
RGB Code: 83, 1, 63
CMYK Code: 0, 99, 24, 67
This is a wine-colored purple, and it looks like a red-purple and gives a warm tone.
3.Lavender
This is a popular and light shade purple color. This color looks a little warm.
Hex Code: #A689E1
RGB Code: 166, 137, 225
CMYK Code: 26, 39, 0, 12
4.Old Lavender
In comparison to lavender, old lavender is darker. This is because the amount of black color is more in this color.
Hex Code: #796878
RGB Code: 121, 104, 120
CMYK Code: 0, 14, 1, 53
5.Twilight Lavender
This color contains much amount of red color and therefore, the color looks brighter.
Hex Code: #81516B
RGB Code: 129, 81, 107
CMYK Code: 0, 37, 17, 49
6. Rebecca Purple
This is great purple color and blue color plays a significant role in this tertiary color. This is a bright color.
Hex Code: #663399
RGB Code: 102, 51, 153
CMYK Code: 33, 67, 0, 40
7. Blue Violet
This color is brighter than Rebecca purple color. Due to the incredible combination of purple and blue, this color looks very warm.
Hex Code: #8A2BE2
RGB Code: 138, 43, 226
CMYK Code: 39, 81, 0, 11
8. Dark Violet
Dark violet is obviously darker than blue-violet. You can also observe that the amount of red and black colors increase in this color.
Hex Code: #9400D3
RGB Code: 148, 0, 211
CMYK Code: 30, 100, 0, 17
9. Russian Violet
This is a really dark color and quite similar to the dark violet color. However, this color looks very pleasant to me.
Hex Code: #32174D
RGB Code: 50, 23, 77
CMYK Code: 35, 70, 0, 70
10. English violet
This is a greyish color. If you would like to have a cooler purple color, this color can be the best choice for you.
Hex Code: #563C5C
RGB Code: 86, 60, 92
CMYK Code: 7, 35, 0, 64
11. African violet
I would say African violet color is a light color. But it does not give a warmer impression.
Hex Code: #B284BE
RGB Code: 178, 132, 190
CMYK Code: 6, 31, 0, 25
12. Glossy Grape
It is just the color of grapes but a little light color. If you are an artist, I must say this color will be very useful to you.
Hex Code: #AB92B3
RGB Code: 171, 146, 179
CMYK Code: 4, 18, 0, 30.
13. Cyber grape
This is another grape color with a darker shade. As this is a dark color, this color gives an efficiently cooler impression.
Hex Code: #58427C
RGB Code: 88, 66, 124
CMYK Code: 29, 47, 0, 51
14. Dark Slate Blue
This is a blueish color. I would say this is just a shade of blue color.
Hex Code: #483D8B
RGB Code: 72, 61, 139
CMYK Code: 48, 56, 0, 45
15. Dark Purple
Dark purple is a rich dark color. You can see the amount of black in the CMYK composition.
Hex Code: #301934
RGB Code: 48, 25, 52
CMYK Code: 8, 52, 0, 80.
16. Mauve
Mauve is a very light color. In this color, you do not need to mix yellow and black color.
Hex Code: #E0B0FF
RGB Code: 224, 176, 255
CMYK Code: 12, 31, 0, 0
17. Old mauve
This color is a great combination of magenta and yellow.
Hex Code: #673146
RGB Code: 103, 49, 70
CMYK Code: 0, 52, 32, 60.
18. French mauve
This is a really bright color. You can also use this color for hair dye.
Hex Code: #D473D4
RGB Code: 212, 115, 212
CMYK Code: 0, 46, 0, 17
19. Opera mauve
Opera mauve is the darker version of French mauve.
Hex Code: #B784A7
RGB Code: 183, 132, 167
CMYK Code: 0, 28, 9, 28
20. Pomp and power
Pomp and Power is a great cooler shade of purple color.
Hex Code: #86608E
RGB Code: 134, 96, 142
CMYK Code: 6, 32, 0, 44
21. Fairy tale
Fairy tale looks like light pink color. However, the addition of a little amount of black color makes this color unique.
Hex Code: #F2C1D1
RGB Code: 242, 193, 209
CMYK Code: 0, 20, 14, 5
22. Orchid
This color is the color of the orchid flower. Orchid color is also commonly used for hair coloring.
Hex Code: #DA70D6
RGB Code: 218, 112, 214
CMYK Code: 0, 49, 2, 15
23. Plum
This is one of the most popular shades of purple color. This color looks really cool.
Hex Code: #DDA0DD
RGB Code: 221, 160, 221
CMYK Code: 0, 28, 0, 13
24. Light Orchid
Light orchid is the darker tone of orchid color.
Hex Code: #D39BCB
RGB Code: 211, 155, 203
CMYK Code: 0, 27, 4, 17
25. Veronica
If you like to have a deep dusty shade of purple color, you will definitely love Veronica.
Hex Code: #A020F0
RGB Code: 160, 32, 240
CMYK Code: 33, 87, 0, 6
26. Byzantium
This color gives a dark tone with the magical combination of magenta, yellow, and black.
Hex Code: #702963
RGB Code: 112, 41, 99
CMYK Code: 0, 63, 12, 56
27. Violet
This is obviously a popular color, and it comes from the simple combination of red and blue. However, you can get different shades of violet color by changing the amount of red and blue colors.
Hex Code: #8F00FF
RGB Code: 143, 0, 255
CMYK Code: 44, 100, 0, 0
28. Wisteria
This is a soft pale purple color. Wisteria is the artist’s color.
Hex Code: #BCA7E8
RGB Code: 188, 167, 232
CMYK Code: 19, 28, 0, 9
29. Iris
Iris is a brighter color than wisteria.
Hex Code: #A06CCB
RGB Code: 160, 108, 203
CMYK Code: 21, 47, 0, 20
30. Periwinkle
Periwinkle is light purple color. People like me may like to paint the walls with this color.
Hex Code: #BFA9E0
RGB Code: 191, 169, 224
CMYK Code: 15, 25, 0, 12
31. Dark Magenta
Dark magenta is an excellent combination of magenta and black color.
Hex Code: #8B008B
RGB Code: 139, 0, 139
CMYK Code: 0, 100, 0, 45
32. Palatinate
If you want to have a darker shade in comparison to dark magenta, palatinate can be the right option for you.
Hex Code: #72246C
RGB Code: 114, 36, 108
CMYK Code: 0, 68, 5, 55
33. Indigo
Indigo is the darker tone of violet color and hugely popular color.
Hex Code: #4B0082
RGB Code: 75, 0, 130
CMYK Code: 42, 100, 0, 49
34. Fuchsia blue
If you like blue-purple, fuchsia-blue can be your color. Otherwise, you may Fuchsia which is a red-purple color.
Hex Code: #B400FF
RGB Code: 180, 0, 255
CMYK Code: 29, 100, 0, 0
35. Purple navy
I love this color for its dark impression. You can combine navy blue color and magenta to get this color.
Hex Code: #4E5180
RGB Code: 78, 81, 128
CMYK Code: 39, 37, 0, 50
End Note:
In this article, we have discussed 35 different shades of purple color and suggested the RGB and CMYK codes. The RGB color model is basically used for the screen display in graphic design. Whereas CMYK color mode is used for printing. Hopefully, from this article, you will have a good idea about the different shades of purple color.
