What color does purple and pink make?
Mixing purple and pink in equal parts gives #bd3d9b (Medium Violet Red) — magenta pink. That's the perceptual (Oklab) midpoint: the shade your eye treats as the true halfway point between the two colors.
#bd3d9b - HEX
- #bd3d9b
- RGB
- rgb(189, 61, 155)
- HSL
- hsl(316, 51%, 49%)
- CMYK
- cmyk(0%, 68%, 18%, 26%)
color-mix(in oklab, #800080 50%, #ff69b4) Purple to Pink: 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:
#d272b4 Tint #e4a2cd 50/50 mix #bd3d9b Shade #471239 Darker #802668 Paint vs. screen: why the medium matters
Pink is already a tinted red, so purple plus pink stays inside the red–violet family: the blend is a saturated magenta pink in paint, and a brighter fuchsia where light is added.
About these two colors
Purple #800080 — Red and blue combined — historically the color of royalty because dye was rare.
Pink #ff69b4 — A tint of red — red lightened with white, from blush pastels to hot magenta.
Want to blend these with different colors entirely? Open the full color mixer, or convert #bd3d9b to RGB, HSL or CMYK.
Related mixes
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Frequently asked questions
Does purple and pink make magenta pink?
Yes — equal parts give magenta pink, around #bd3d9b. The exact shade depends on your ratio: purple-heavy mixes lean toward #9e258e and pink-heavy mixes toward #de53a8.
What is the HEX code for purple and pink mixed?
A 50/50 perceptual mix is #bd3d9b (Medium Violet Red). If you need it in CSS, the mixer above generates a ready-to-paste color-mix() snippet: color-mix(in oklab, #800080 50%, #ff69b4).
What does purple and pink make in paint vs. on a screen?
Pink is already a tinted red, so purple plus pink stays inside the red–violet family: the blend is a saturated magenta pink in paint, and a brighter fuchsia where light is added.
How do I make the magenta pink mix lighter or darker?
Mix the result with white to tint it — 50% white gives about #e4a2cd — or with black to shade it, where 50% black gives about #471239. The strip above shows the full run from lighter to darker.