Purple Background Generator
Make a purple background or purple wallpaper in 10 styles. Two are made for purple: a swirling nebula haze (soft clouds of colour, no stars), and a lavender field with rows running to the horizon and stalks in front. The others are a soft gradient, aesthetic clouds, a checkerboard, grid paper, marble, paper, soft blobs and polka dots. Pick one of 12 sets of purples, from lavender, lilac and wisteria to violet, royal purple, grape, plum and eggplant. Every colour stays purple: each set is checked against one stated range, and so is every pixel of the picture. Set the amount, the angle, the softness and the grain. Every picture comes from a seed number: the same seed and size always give the same picture, and New seed gives you a new one. Choose desktop, 4K, phone, a 16:9 video-call background, tablet, square, banner or your own size up to 4096 pixels, then download a PNG or JPG, or a PDF to print. Nothing is uploaded.
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The preview is the same picture drawn smaller. PNG and JPG download at the full size; the PDF fits the picture on one page.
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Details
Every colour stays purple: hue 255°–300°, saturation 20 % or more, lightness 10 %–95 %.
Runs in your browser with our own code: nothing is uploaded or saved. Every swirl of haze, lavender stalk, cloud, check, line, vein, blob and dot is drawn by our own code from the seed; it is artwork, not a photograph. You may use what you make here, including commercially, with no credit needed.
How to make a purple background
- Pick a preset: nebula haze, lavender field, clouds, gradient, checks, grid, marble, paper, blobs or dots.
- Choose the style and one of the sets of purples.
- Set the amount (clouds, rows, squares, lines or shapes), the angle, the softness and the grain.
- Press New seed for a new picture; the same seed always gives the same one.
- Choose a size and download the PNG or JPG, or the print PDF.
What you can use it for
- Phone lock screens and aesthetic desktop wallpapers
- Video-call backgrounds in a soft purple
- Story, post and highlight backgrounds
- Slides, website headers and banners
- Party invitations, bridal showers and birthday posts
- Printed backing paper for cards and scrapbooks
The 17 presets
| Preset | Style | Colours | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft lavender gradient | Gradient | Lavender | 1920 × 1080 |
| Purple nebula haze | Nebula haze | Violet | 1920 × 1080 |
| Lavender field at dusk | Lavender field | Lavender | 1920 × 1080 |
| Aesthetic lilac clouds | Aesthetic clouds | Lilac | 1920 × 1080 |
| Purple checkerboard | Checkerboard | Amethyst | 1920 × 1080 |
| Lilac grid paper | Grid | Wisteria | 1920 × 1080 |
| Purple marble | Marble | Royal purple | 1920 × 1080 |
| Mauve paper texture | Paper | Mauve | 1920 × 1080 |
| Soft orchid blobs | Soft blobs | Orchid purple | 1920 × 1080 |
| Grape polka dots | Polka dots | Grape | 1920 × 1080 |
| Neon purple gradient | Gradient | Neon purple | 1920 × 1080 |
| Deep eggplant nebula | Nebula haze | Eggplant | 1920 × 1080 |
| Plum lavender rows | Lavender field | Plum | 1920 × 1080 |
| Diagonal lilac checks | Checkerboard | Lilac | 1920 × 1080 |
| Phone wallpaper: lavender field | Lavender field | Wisteria | 1170 × 2532 |
| Video call: soft lilac gradient | Gradient | Lilac | 1920 × 1080 |
| 4K violet nebula | Nebula haze | Violet | 3840 × 2160 |
Each preset only fills in the fields; change any setting afterwards.
The 10 styles
| Style | What is drawn |
|---|---|
| Nebula haze | Soft swirling clouds of purple, lighter on one side, with no stars |
| Lavender field | Rows of lavender running to the horizon under a pale sky, with stalks and buds in front |
| Gradient | A smooth blend of three colours from the set at the angle you set |
| Aesthetic clouds | Soft rounded clouds in a light shade on a deeper sky |
| Checkerboard | Squares of two shades, straight or turned (45° gives diamonds) |
| Grid | Fine grid lines with a heavier line every fourth square, like graph paper |
| Marble | Stone with soft winding veins |
| Paper | A soft paper texture with tiny fibres |
| Soft blobs | Large blurred circles of colour |
| Polka dots | Round dots in rows, straight or turned |
The first two styles are only on this page; they are made for purple. The other eight are shared with our other one-colour backgrounds.
The 12 sets of purples
| Purples | The five colours | Hue and lightness (worked out by the tool) |
|---|---|---|
| Lavender | #e7def7, #d6c6f1, #c3a9ea, #ae89e1, #9664d8 | hue 262–266°; lightness 62–92 % |
| Lilac | #e9d9f2, #dabee9, #ca9fdf, #b87dd4, #a75bc8 | hue 278–282°; lightness 57–90 % |
| Wisteria | #dcd3ee, #c5b5e3, #af97d8, #9776cb, #7f55be | hue 260–264°; lightness 54–88 % |
| Mauve | #e3cfe8, #cfacd7, #bd8ac7, #aa68b6, #934c9e | hue 288–292°; lightness 46–86 % |
| Violet | #cfaff4, #b179ec, #9444e4, #7b1ed2, #6318a5 | hue 268–272°; lightness 37–82 % |
| Amethyst | #c9aee0, #ae81cf, #9255be, #7a3ea3, #60307e | hue 272–277°; lightness 34–78 % |
| Orchid purple | #e2beef, #d195e4, #bf68d9, #ae3bce, #922bab | hue 284–288°; lightness 42–84 % |
| Neon purple | #e0a5fd, #d074fb, #c342fa, #ba1af9, #a906e5 | hue 280–284°; lightness 46–82 % |
| Royal purple | #b37de8, #9140dd, #7522bf, #5d1a93, #46136c | hue 270–274°; lightness 25–70 % |
| Grape | #a657db, #8d2bca, #7222a0, #581a7a, #411358 | hue 276–280°; lightness 21–60 % |
| Plum | #c794d1, #b269bf, #9846a4, #783781, #58285d | hue 290–294°; lightness 26–70 % |
| Eggplant | #7a3399, #5d2673, #451c54, #361641, #2a1132 | hue 282–285°; lightness 13–40 % |
The purple range used for every colour and every pixel: hue 255° to 300°, a saturation of 20 % or more and a lightness of 10 % to 95 %.
Sizes
| Size | Pixels | Width ÷ height |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | 1170 × 2532 | 0.462 |
| Desktop | 1920 × 1080 | 1.778 |
| 4K | 3840 × 2160 | 1.778 |
| Video call background | 1920 × 1080 | 1.778 |
| Tablet | 2048 × 2732 | 0.750 |
| Square | 2048 × 2048 | 1.000 |
| Banner | 1500 × 500 | 3.000 |
Every size is drawn at its own pixels, not stretched.
What downloads
| Download | What is in it |
|---|---|
| PNG | The still picture at the full size you chose, every pixel exactly as drawn |
| JPG | The same picture as a smaller JPG (quality 92) |
| One Letter or A4 page with the picture fitted inside 10 mm margins |
| Paper | A 4K picture prints at | Sharpness |
|---|---|---|
| Letter (landscape) | 259.4 × 145.9 mm | 376 px per inch |
| A4 (landscape) | 277.0 × 155.8 mm | 352 px per inch |
To fit a photo of your own to your screen instead, use the Phone Wallpaper Maker; to change the size of a picture afterwards, the Image Resizer.
Which tool to use
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| A purple-only background or wallpaper | Purple Background Generator (this page) |
| A blue-only one | Blue Background Generator |
| A colour blend in any colours, as CSS | Gradient Generator |
| A seamless marble texture in many stones | Marble Texture |
| A blend of many colours as a 4K PNG or CSS | Mesh Gradient Generator |
For a blue one, try the Blue Background Generator; for a blend in any colours as CSS, the Gradient Generator; for a blend of many colours, the Mesh Gradient Generator.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this a photo?
No. Every swirl of haze, lavender stalk, cloud, check, line, vein, blob and dot is drawn by our own code from the seed: it is artwork, not a photograph.
How do you make sure it stays purple?
Every colour in every set is inside one stated range: hue 255° to 300°, a saturation of 20 % or more and a lightness of 10 % to 95 %. The drawing only blends colours from the chosen set and darkens very slightly for grain, which keeps the hue. Our tests check all 60 colours, and every pixel of every preset, against that range.
Does the nebula haze have stars?
No. It is a soft, swirling cloud of purples with no stars or points of light; our tests check that no pixel stands out from its neighbours. The amount sets how many clouds fit across, the softness how far they swirl, and the angle which side is lighter.
How is the lavender field drawn?
The sky is the two lightest purples with a soft low sun. Below the horizon, rows of lavender run to one vanishing point and turn paler with distance, and stalks with buds stand in front. The amount sets how many rows cross the front edge; the angle moves the vanishing point sideways.
Which purples are there?
Lavender, lilac, wisteria, mauve, violet, amethyst, orchid purple, neon purple, royal purple, grape, plum and eggplant. The table below gives the five colours of each set as hex codes.
Can I use it as a video-call background?
Yes. Choose Video call background (16:9, 1920 × 1080), download the PNG or JPG and pick it as a virtual background in your video-call app.
What does the seed do?
It fixes the shape of the haze and where every stalk, cloud, blob and fibre goes, and where the checks and lines start. The same seed and size give exactly the same picture, pixel for pixel.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Every pixel is worked out by JavaScript in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or saved when you close the page.