Medium purple

#a08ae7

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

Medium purple sits in the blue band, light and strong. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a08ae7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a08ae7

RGB160, 138, 231

HSL254, 66%, 72%

HSV254, 40%, 91%

CMYK31%, 40%, 0%, 9%

Lab62.86, 28.46, -44.25

XYZ38.01, 31.42, 79.66

Decimal10521319

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#896ee1 #7252db #5c36d6 #4c28c2 #4122a6 #361c8a #2b166e #201152 #150b35 #0a0519

Tints of medium purple

#a894e9 #b19eeb #b9a9ed #c1b3ef #c9bdf1 #d2c7f4 #dad2f6 #e2dcf8 #ebe6fa #f3f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d1e78a Analogous#8aa2e7 Analogous#cf8ae7 Triadic#e7a08a Triadic#8ae7a0 Split complementary#e7ce8a Split complementary#a3e78a

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 31, 40, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a08ae7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 40 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 41 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 #a08ae7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a08ae7; }
.text { color: #a08ae7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a08ae7; }

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 #a08ae7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a08ae7 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 #a08ae7 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 #a08ae7 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

The figures for #a08ae7 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 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.