RAL and NCS values are nearest equivalents, not official designations.
In digital culture, Rebecca Purple symbolizes remembrance and personal loss, particularly in the context of grief and tribute. While it carries a sense of nostalgia in Western contexts, in some Eastern traditions, purple is linked to spirituality and enlightenment.
The color Rebecca Purple was adopted in 2017 as part of a campaign to honor Rebecca Meyer, who passed away in 2014. The name was proposed in a blog post by Eric Meyer, emphasizing the personal connection and the significance of the color in web design and digital art.
Ranked by CIE76 ΔE — the perceptual distance from Rebecca Purple. Lower ΔE means a closer match (below ~2 is barely distinguishable).
All 31 Purples →Nine steps of Rebecca Purple by lightness — from #351B50 (darkest) to #AF95CA (lightest). Click any to copy.
Sitting opposite Rebecca Purple at 90° on the color wheel, these give the highest-contrast pairings.
Curated 5-color combinations featuring Rebecca Purple.
A 50–900 tonal scale with Rebecca Purple anchored at 500 — ready to drop into a design system. Click any step to copy.
Works well as text on light backgrounds; fails on dark.
Thresholds: AA needs 4.5:1 (normal text) / 3:1 (large); AAA needs 7:1 / 4.5:1. Large = 18pt+ or 14pt+ bold.
Copy-ready values for CSS, screen and print, plus the extra conversions designers reach for.
color: #663399; color-mix(in srgb, #663399 70%, white) 270°, 67%, 60% 33, 67, 0, 40 6697881 #663399 How Rebecca Purple appears to viewers with the three main types of color blindness (~1 in 12 men, 1 in 200 women). Simulated approximations.