Purple Heart ribbon colors
Purple with narrow white edges, and the oldest American military decoration still awarded: it descends from the Badge of Military Merit that George Washington created in 1782. It is also the only one awarded for something suffered rather than something done.
Every color
| Color | Role | Hex | RGB | HSL | Pantone | CMYK | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple | primary | #5F259F | 95, 37, 159 | 269, 62%, 38% | -- | -- | Fill screen |
| White | background | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | 0, 0%, 100% | -- | -- | Fill screen |
Contrast pairs
Purple passes AA for body text on white, at 9.3 to 1.
Of 10 ordered pairs in this palette, 8 clear 4.5 to 1 for body text and 8 clear 3 to 1 for large text. Row is the text color, column is the background.
| Text color | Purple | White | White | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple | 9.3Purple on White, passes AA for body text | 9.3Purple on White, passes AA for body text | 2.3Purple on Black, fails AA for body text | |
| White | 9.3White on Purple, passes AA for body text | 21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text | ||
| White | 9.3White on Purple, passes AA for body text | 21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text | ||
| Black | 2.3Black on Purple, fails AA for body text | 21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text | 21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text |
Sources
- Every color on this page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg
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