Medium purple

#a080e7

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

This is Medium purple, a strong purple at 259 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a080e7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a080e7

RGB160, 128, 231

HSL259, 68%, 70%

HSV259, 45%, 91%

CMYK31%, 45%, 0%, 9%

Lab60.5, 34.16, -47.98

XYZ36.64, 28.68, 79.21

Decimal10518759

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#8b64e2 #7749dd #622dd7 #5424bf #481fa4 #3c1a88 #30156d #240f51 #180a35 #0b051a

Tints of medium purple

#a88be9 #b196eb #b9a2ed #c2adef #cab8f2 #d2c3f4 #dbcef6 #e3daf8 #ebe5fa #f4f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c7e780 Analogous#8093e7 Analogous#d480e7 Triadic#e7a080 Triadic#80e7a0 Split complementary#e7d380 Split complementary#93e780

Medium purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 31, 45, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a080e7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 45 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 45 4 15

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.

Medium purple in css

Copy #a080e7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a080e7; }
.text { color: #a080e7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a080e7; }

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 #a080e7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a080e7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a080e7 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a080e7 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 #a080e7 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.