Medium purple

#9a72aa

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for medium purple, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and muted. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #9a72aa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9a72aa

RGB154, 114, 170

HSL283, 25%, 56%

HSV283, 33%, 67%

CMYK9%, 33%, 0%, 33%

Lab53.82, 26.1, -23.85

XYZ26.6, 21.81, 40.84

Decimal10121898

Web safe#996699

Pantone2577 C

Shades of medium purple

#8f62a0 #815892 #734e82 #654572 #573b62 #493252 #3b2843 #2d1f33 #1f1523 #110c13

Tints of medium purple

#a37fb2 #ad8cba #b699c1 #bfa6c9 #c9b3d1 #d2c0d9 #dbcde1 #e4dae9 #eee7f0 #f7f4f8

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#82aa72 Analogous#7e72aa Analogous#aa729e Triadic#aa9a72 Triadic#72aa9a Split complementary#9eaa72 Split complementary#72aa7e

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 9, 33, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9a72aa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 33 0 33

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 34 4 39

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #9a72aa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9a72aa; }
.text { color: #9a72aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9a72aa; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9a72aa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9a72aa against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9a72aa sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium purple? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9a72aa and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium purple, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #9a72aa is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.