What is the hex code for Purple?

Purple is #800080. In CSS the keyword purple, the hex #800080, rgb(128, 0, 128) and hsl(300, 100%, 25%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Purple on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #008000, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Purple for text?

Purple as text on white has a contrast ratio of 9.42:1, which passes WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1). On black it is 2.23:1, which fails for body text. It works as a text color on light surfaces.

CSS color names · Purples

Purple color: hex #800080, RGB and HSL

Purple is the CSS keyword purple, hex #800080, rgb(128, 0, 128), hsl(300, 100%, 25%). It is a dark, fully saturated magenta in the purples family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: purple
Hex: #800080
RGB: rgb(128, 0, 128)
HSL: hsl(300, 100%, 25%)
On white: 9.42:1 — passes AA for body text
On black: 2.23:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text

.example {
  color: purple;          /* keyword */
  color: #800080;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(128, 0, 128); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(300, 100%, 25%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with purple

Each match keeps purple's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside purple as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#008000 · green

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#408000

#008040

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#808000 · olive #008080 · teal

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#400080

#800040

Tints and shades of purple

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as purple — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#c000c0

#ff00ff · magenta

#ff40ff

#ff80ff

#ffbfff

Shades (darker)

#6b006b

#550055

#400040

#2b002b

#150015

A UI color palette built from purple

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from purple as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #800080
secondary: #408000
accent: #008040
background: #fdfcfd
surface: #f7f3f7
text: #221122
muted: #8f568f
border: #ecdfec

Dark mode

primary: #ff1aff
secondary: #8cff1a
accent: #1aff8c
background: #1b0e1b
surface: #281528
text: #f6f3f6
muted: #b894b8
border: #492749

Open purple in the palette generator

Using purple in an interface

Purple is the hue most SaaS products have settled on for a primary — it is distinct from the blues of links and the reds and greens of status. The slate blues and indigo make dependable primaries; the light lavenders make tinted surfaces that still read as brand. Whichever role purple takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Purple?: Purple is #800080. In CSS the keyword purple, the hex #800080, rgb(128, 0, 128) and hsl(300, 100%, 25%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Purple?: Its complement is #008000, the split-complementary pair is #408000 and #008040, the triadic partners are #808000 and #008080, and the analogous neighbors are #400080 and #800040. In an interface, use Purple for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Purple on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #008000, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Purple for text?: Purple as text on white has a contrast ratio of 9.42:1, which passes WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1). On black it is 2.23:1, which fails for body text. It works as a text color on light surfaces.