What color does blue and purple make?
The short answer: blue and purple make violet (a blue-purple). Blended 50/50 you land on #5424be (Rebecca Purple), with heavier ratios leaning back toward whichever color you push — try the sliders in the mixer above.
#5424be - HEX
- #5424be
- RGB
- rgb(84, 36, 190)
- HSL
- hsl(259, 68%, 44%)
- CMYK
- cmyk(56%, 81%, 0%, 25%)
color-mix(in oklab, #0000ff 50%, #800080) Blue to Purple: every ratio
How much of each color you use moves the answer along the blend path. The perceptual midpoint is the 50/50 row; the others show what a 3:1 ratio does in either direction.
Lighter and darker versions
Tint the mix toward white or shade it toward black and you get a small palette that all clearly belongs to the same family:
#7765d2 Tint #a099e4 50/50 mix #5424be Shade #1b0748 Darker #361580 Paint vs. screen: why the medium matters
Blue plus purple moves toward blue-violet — closer to indigo than to royal purple. In light the blend stays luminous; in paint it deepens quickly because purple paint already contains red.
About these two colors
Blue #0000ff — A primary of both light and paint, sitting between cyan and violet on the wheel.
Purple #800080 — Red and blue combined — historically the color of royalty because dye was rare.
Want to blend these with different colors entirely? Open the full color mixer, or convert #5424be to RGB, HSL or CMYK.
Related mixes
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Frequently asked questions
Does blue and purple make violet?
Yes — equal parts give violet (a blue-purple), around #5424be. The exact shade depends on your ratio: blue-heavy mixes lean toward #381fde and purple-heavy mixes toward #6b1e9f.
What is the HEX code for blue and purple mixed?
A 50/50 perceptual mix is #5424be (Rebecca Purple). If you need it in CSS, the mixer above generates a ready-to-paste color-mix() snippet: color-mix(in oklab, #0000ff 50%, #800080).
What does blue and purple make in paint vs. on a screen?
Blue plus purple moves toward blue-violet — closer to indigo than to royal purple. In light the blend stays luminous; in paint it deepens quickly because purple paint already contains red.
How do I make the violet mix lighter or darker?
Mix the result with white to tint it — 50% white gives about #a099e4 — or with black to shade it, where 50% black gives about #1b0748. The strip above shows the full run from lighter to darker.