Shades of Purple & Names with HEX, RGB Color Codes

Listing 50 popular tints and dark shades of purple, including color names of the different variations, with Hex and RGB color codes. This resource provides many of the most popular variations of the light and dark shades of the secondary RYB color, purple. This list aims to be useful for graphic designers, motion and website designing, and interior designers.

Purple and its varying shades are common colors in the natural world with blossoming flowers. It’s also very popular, and often a favorite color for women. It was my mother’s favorite color. The most popular shades of purple include, Lavender, Lilac, Amethyst, and Mauve is very popular in the world of interior design.

On the RGB model, purple is a shade of magenta. In paint, it’s created by mixing red and blue. It’s made up of only red and blue, however, it moves towards black, which makes it darker.

50 Shades of Purple – Names & Color Codes

Violet has the lowest wavelength on the visible spectrum. It’s a light purple blue color.

Lilac is a light tint of purple with a slight violet tone, resembling the average color of the Lilac flower.

Lavender is a rich light tint with a blue undertone to it. See the link for more on Lilac and Lavender colors.

Iris is a medium light tint, with a violet/blue tone. It’s the color of the Iris flower.

Mauve color is a low brightness and a very pale tint, and it is somewhat popular in interior design.

Eggplant is a deep purple shade, with a blue or brown tone. It represents the skin color of eggplants found in certain European regions.  

Amethyst is a bright tint of purple, and it represents the common color of the Amethyst crystal. 

Indigo color is a deep shade, and one of the more popular shades of purple, with a strong blue tone. However, it has a few variations shown below.

Grape is a medium dark shade of purple. Grapes come in a few different colors, some varieties can resemble this dark purple shade.

Orchid is a light tint, and representative of the average color of the Orchid flower.

Floral is a light tint with a blue undertone. This color is very similar to Lavender.

Plum is a dark shade of purple with a red and brownish tinge. It’s the common or average color of the plum fruit.

Wine purple is a dark shade with a red and brown appearance.

Raisin is among one of the darker shades of purple with a reddish influence.

This is the color of Jazzberry Jam. It is considered purple, and has a medium brightness with a red tinge.  

Periwinkle purple is a light tint with a relativity strong undertone of blue.

Named after Mulberry Jam. Mulberry is a relativity weak shade of purple with a red undertone.

Heather is a light tint and weaker purple variation. It’s a common color used in the creation of fabrics.

Sangria is a deep dark purple shade named after the wine. It has a reddish influence.

Boysenberry is a deep purple, representing the dark color of the berry. It’s also made up of red and magenta.

Dark Magenta is a bright and strong variation. It’s made from red and violet, and it has a pinkish tinge.

Electric is definitely on the list for one of the most attractive shades of purple. It’s a mix of purple and magenta.

Royal purple represents a color that was once worn and used by royalty, when only royalty could afford the dye.

Heliotrope is a light tint of purple, more like violet with a pinkish tinge. It comes from the flower of the same name.

This is the purple-violet shade of the technology and internet company that is Yahoo.

This is the shade of purple that can be found on the Hallmark logo and branding. Hallmark is a well-known gift and greeting card company.

Blue-purple is a tertiary color on the RYB color model.

This is the tertiary color on the RYB color wheel that sits between red and purple.

Roku purple is the branding color of Roku, which is an American company that makes digital media players.

This shade of purple got its name from Eric A. Meyer, who worked with CSS. He named the shade after his daughter.

This is the purple shade in the Munsell color space system.

The first use of the name thistle being used as a color was in 1892, and it represents the color of the thistle flower.

X11 colors are from the Windows X computing system. The color is also known by the name veronica.

Another X11 color. This is a less bright version.

This is also known as the (web color purple). Patriarch is its original or traditional name.

Imperial is a dark shade of purple with a red-magenta appearance.

Wisteria is named after the flowering plant of the same name. It’s native and common to Japan and other far east Asian countries.

This dark purple shade is linked to the Byzantine Roman Emperors.

This is the deep purple shade that represents the color of Illinois Northwestern University.