Purple

#a07caa

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

This is Purple, a muted purple at 287 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #a07caa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a07caa

RGB160, 124, 170

HSL287, 21%, 58%

HSV287, 27%, 67%

CMYK6%, 27%, 0%, 33%

Lab56.87, 22.35, -19.12

XYZ28.96, 24.79, 41.29

Decimal10517674

Web safe#996699

Pantone2573 C

Shades of purple

#946ca0 #875f92 #785582 #6a4a72 #5b4062 #4c3652 #3d2b42 #2f2133 #201623 #110c13

Tints of purple

#a988b2 #b194ba #baa0c1 #c3acc9 #ccb8d1 #d4c4d9 #ddd0e1 #e6dce8 #eee8f0 #f7f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#86aa7c Analogous#897caa Analogous#aa7c9d Triadic#aaa07c Triadic#7caaa0 Split complementary#9daa7c Split complementary#7caa89

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 6, 27, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a07caa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 27 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 29 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Purple in css

Copy #a07caa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a07caa; }
.text { color: #a07caa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a07caa; }

How purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a07caa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a07caa against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a07caa sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a07caa 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 purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #a07caa come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.