Purple

#a08ab2

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 273 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 #a08ab2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a08ab2

RGB160, 138, 178

HSL273, 21%, 62%

HSV273, 22%, 70%

CMYK10%, 22%, 0%, 30%

Lab60.66, 16.02, -17.92

XYZ31.62, 28.86, 46.02

Decimal10521266

Web safe#999999

Pantone666 C

Shades of purple

#9279a7 #84689b #765b8b #67507a #584569 #4a3957 #3b2e46 #2d2335 #1e1724 #100c12

Tints of purple

#a995b9 #b19fc0 #baaac7 #c3b4ce #cbbfd5 #d4cadc #dcd4e3 #e5dfea #eeeaf1 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#9cb28a Analogous#8c8ab2 Analogous#b28ab0 Triadic#b2a08a Triadic#8ab2a0 Split complementary#b0b28a Split complementary#8ab28c

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 10, 22, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a08ab2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 22 0 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 24 4 36

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 #a08ab2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a08ab2; }
.text { color: #a08ab2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a08ab2; }

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 #a08ab2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a08ab2 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 #a08ab2 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 #a08ab2 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

Every value on this page for #a08ab2 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.