What color is Royal Purple?
Royal purple is a deep, rich violet with strong blue undertones, hex #6C3BAA, darker than a common lavender but less red than a typical magenta. It shares the dense, saturated tone of an amethyst gemstone.
What is the meaning of the color Royal Purple?
Tyrian dye, extracted from Murex sea snails along the Phoenician coast, produced the earliest versions of royal purple in antiquity, with the color becoming legally restricted to emperors in the Byzantine Empire by the 4th century AD. The dye was extraordinarily expensive — ancient sources record that it took thousands of snails to produce a single gram — which made the color a direct marker of imperial rank. By the 19th century, synthetic dyes made the shade widely accessible, and the name royal purple carried its historical prestige into commercial use. Cadbury adopted a close shade of purple for its chocolate packaging in 1914, registering it as a trademark color in the UK in 2012.
What colors go with Royal Purple?
Colors that pair well with Royal purple include:
Gold: warm, regal contrast
Ivory: soft, lightening balance
Navy blue: deep, tonal depth
Silver: cool, sharpening accent
Forest green: rich, earthy grounding
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Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #6C3BAA |
color: #6C3BAA;
|
| RGB | 108, 59, 170 |
color: rgb(108, 59, 170);
|
| RGB Percentage | 42%, 23%, 67% |
color: rgb(42%, 23%, 67%);
|
| CMYK | 36%, 65%, 0%, 33% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 266°, 48%, 45% |
color: hsl(266, 48%, 45%);
|
| HSV | 266°, 65%, 67% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 36, 10, -37 |
color: lab(36% 10 -37);
|
| Decimal | 7093162 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.royal-purple {
color: #6C3BAA;
}
$royal-purple: #6C3BAA;
rgb(108, 59, 170)