Muted Purple Hex Codes: 36 Muted, softly saturated shades
36 muted, softly saturated shades of purple with names, hex codes, contrast on white and the best text color for each.
These are the muted, softly saturated shades of purple in Tintly's color library: 36 of the 168 purple shades. Muted shades are calm and sophisticated. They suit large areas and brands that want to feel composed.
Muted purple shades with hex codes
| Name | Hex | On white | Text on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian Shard | #060313 | 20.38:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Midnight Monarch | #1C0F33 | 18.01:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Dark Prom Queen | #2B0F2E | 17.34:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Black Market | #222244 | 15.21:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Midnight Pie | #372D52 | 12.65:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Maharaja | #3F354F | 11.45:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Call It a Night | #42364C | 11.26:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Storm Is Coming | #3D3D63 | 10.26:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Genie | #3E4364 | 9.58:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Nightly Walk | #544563 | 8.71:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Your Majesty | #61496E | 7.81:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Majestic Magic | #555570 | 7.19:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Plummy | #675A75 | 6.37:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Berry Jam | #655883 | 6.40:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Dr Who | #78587D | 6.01:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Heron | #6A6887 | 5.32:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Dark Prince | #6B6C89 | 5.08:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Bureaucracy | #746C8F | 4.90:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Purple Haze | #807396 | 4.36:1 | #000000 |
| Stormy Horizon | #777799 | 4.30:1 | #000000 |
| Vintage | #847592 | 4.25:1 | #000000 |
| Aster | #867BA9 | 3.87:1 | #111111 |
| Hatoba Pigeon | #95859C | 3.43:1 | #111111 |
| Imperial Lilac | #A99FCF | 2.45:1 | #111111 |
| Lucius Lilac | #BAA2CE | 2.29:1 | #111111 |
| Monet Magic | #C1ACC3 | 2.10:1 | #111111 |
| Pastel Lilac | #BDB0D0 | 2.04:1 | #111111 |
| Moonraker | #C0B2D7 | 1.98:1 | #111111 |
| Fog Syringa | #C4BAD2 | 1.85:1 | #111111 |
| New Love | #C6BBDB | 1.82:1 | #111111 |
| Viking Diva | #CABAE0 | 1.80:1 | #111111 |
| Digital Lavender | #CAC0E1 | 1.73:1 | #111111 |
| Girl Crush | #D1C0DC | 1.70:1 | #111111 |
| York Plum | #D3BFE5 | 1.69:1 | #111111 |
| Foggy Love | #D5C7E8 | 1.59:1 | #111111 |
| Foggy Plateau | #CFCBE5 | 1.57:1 | #111111 |
How to use them
Use a muted shade as the main brand surface and add a single vivid or light shade for emphasis, so the palette has a focal point.
Standouts in this group
- Darkest: Obsidian Shard (#060313), at 12% lightness.
- Lightest: Foggy Plateau (#CFCBE5), at 85% lightness.
- Most saturated: Aster (#867BA9).
- Best text color on white: Obsidian Shard (#060313), at 20.38:1.
What the numbers say
Across all 168 purple shades in the library, lightness runs from 12% to 86%. 104 of them reach 4.5 to 1 on white, so they can be used as text on a light page, and 58 reach 4.5 to 1 on near-black, so they can be used as text on a dark page. The rest are for fills, surfaces and large type, where the requirement is lower. Within the muted, softly saturated shades the figures are different: 18 of 36 pass on white.
Pairing with other families
The base purple (#7B3FE4) separates best from beige (4.06:1), yellow (3.48:1) and orange (2.17:1). Because purple stands for royalty, luxury and imagination, those pairings carry the most contrast of both color and meaning.
- Purple and beige: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.
- Purple and yellow: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.
- Purple and orange: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.