Shades of purple
Royal to lavender ramps for premium accents and creative layouts.
About purple in UI and branding
Royal to lavender ramps for premium accents and creative layouts.
Purple shades support charts, tags, illustrations, and brand accents. Anchor a token scale on one mid ramp swatch, then generate lighter and darker steps with our tint and shade tools.
The grid below lists HSL-derived steps you can copy as HEX for CSS, design tokens, and presentation decks. For a custom ramp from your own seed color, open the tint & shade generator or export a full scale with the CSS variables generator.
Related: Tint & shade generator · Color picker · All shade pages
Shades of purple — FAQ
How were these purple swatches generated?
Swatches use HSL lightness and saturation steps tuned for purple hues. They are starting points for UI exploration—verify brand-critical colors against official guides.
Can I use these purple HEX values in production?
Yes for general interface work. Run text and icon pairs through our contrast checker and calibrate on target displays when accessibility matters.
Do you cover Pantone or print for purple?
These are sRGB screen values. Print and packaging need ICC profiles, spot inks, or Pantone books—not HEX copied from the web alone.
How do I build a custom purple ramp?
Pick a seed HEX in the tint & shade generator or generate 50–950 tokens in the CSS variables tool.
What is the difference between shade and tint for purple?
Shades mix toward black; tints mix toward white. This page spans both ends of the lightness scale for purple family hues.