What color does purple and red make?
Equal parts purple and red produce magenta (a red-violet) (#bc1d5e (Medium Violet Red)). The blend is computed in the Oklab color space, so the steps between the two colors look evenly spaced to your eye rather than to the raw channel math.
#bc1d5e - HEX
- #bc1d5e
- RGB
- rgb(188, 29, 94)
- HSL
- hsl(335, 73%, 43%)
- CMYK
- cmyk(0%, 85%, 50%, 26%)
color-mix(in oklab, #800080 50%, #ff0000) Purple to Red: 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:
#d36283 Tint #e698ab 50/50 mix #bc1d5e Shade #47051f Darker #7f103d Paint vs. screen: why the medium matters
On a screen, colors blend by adding light; with paint, pigments subtract light and the result is usually darker and duller. This page's values are the perceptual blend of the two colors — the closest digital equivalent to what mixed paint looks like.
About these two colors
Purple #800080 — Red and blue combined — historically the color of royalty because dye was rare.
Red #ff0000 — A primary of both light and paint — the color of blood, stop signs, and urgency.
Want to blend these with different colors entirely? Open the full color mixer, or convert #bc1d5e to RGB, HSL or CMYK.
Related mixes
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Frequently asked questions
Does purple and red make magenta?
Yes — equal parts give magenta (a red-violet), around #bc1d5e. The exact shade depends on your ratio: purple-heavy mixes lean toward #9d1771 and red-heavy mixes toward #dd1944.
What is the HEX code for purple and red mixed?
A 50/50 perceptual mix is #bc1d5e (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%, #ff0000).
What does purple and red make in paint vs. on a screen?
On a screen, colors blend by adding light; with paint, pigments subtract light and the result is usually darker and duller. This page's values are the perceptual blend of the two colors — the closest digital equivalent to what mixed paint looks like.
How do I make the magenta mix lighter or darker?
Mix the result with white to tint it — 50% white gives about #e698ab — or with black to shade it, where 50% black gives about #47051f. The strip above shows the full run from lighter to darker.