Palettes / Colors / #800080

#800080 — Deep Vivid Pink

#800080 is the named color Purple. It belongs to the pink family.

#800080 is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #008000; it also sits naturally between #400080 and #800040. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 50% · Green 0% · Blue 50%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 50%

Previews

CSS code for #800080

.text { color: #800080; }
.background { background-color: #800080; }
.border { border: 3px solid #800080; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(128, 0, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 100%, 25%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #800080; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(128, 0, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #800080; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(128, 0, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#800080">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#800080">Div content here</div>

Shades of #800080

Tints of #800080

Tones of #800080

Color harmonies

Complementary — #008000:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #800080: #FFFFFF.

How #800080 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with #800080 or a close neighbour

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #80007F  ·  #800081 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #800080?

#800080 is Deep Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 128, 0, 128). Its closest standard named color is Purple.

What is the RGB and HSL of #800080?

#800080 is RGB 128, 0, 128 — HSL 300°, 100%, 25% — CMYK 0%, 100%, 0%, 50%.

What colors go with #800080?

Its complement is #008000; analogous partners are #400080 and #800040. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #800080 for text?

White text on #800080 has a contrast ratio of 9.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.23:1.