Medium purple

#a08be9

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 #a08be9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a08be9

RGB160, 139, 233

HSL253, 68%, 73%

HSV253, 40%, 91%

CMYK31%, 40%, 0%, 9%

Lab63.2, 28.39, -44.83

XYZ38.44, 31.82, 81.21

Decimal10521577

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#886ee4 #7152de #5935d9 #4926c6 #3f20a9 #341b8d #291570 #1f1053 #140a36 #0a051a

Tints of medium purple

#a895eb #b19fed #b9a9ef #c1b3f1 #c9bdf3 #d2c8f4 #dad2f6 #e2dcf8 #eae6fa #f3f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d4e98b Analogous#8ba5e9 Analogous#cf8be9 Triadic#e9a08b Triadic#8be9a0 Split complementary#e9cf8b Split complementary#a5e98b

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 31, 40, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a08be9 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 #a08be9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a08be9; }
.text { color: #a08be9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a08be9; }

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 #a08be9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a08be9 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 #a08be9 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 #a08be9 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a08be9 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.