Purple

#a08cbc

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

Purple is a mid purple with a balanced cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #a08cbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a08cbc

RGB160, 140, 188

HSL265, 26%, 64%

HSV265, 26%, 74%

CMYK15%, 26%, 0%, 26%

Lab61.53, 17.06, -22.25

XYZ32.95, 29.86, 51.6

Decimal10521788

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#9079b1 #8166a6 #725897 #644d84 #564271 #47375f #392c4c #2b2139 #1d1626 #0f0b13

Tints of purple

#a996c2 #b1a1c8 #baabce #c2b5d4 #cbc0da #d3cae0 #dcd5e6 #e5dfec #ede9f2 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#a8bc8c Analogous#8c90bc Analogous#b88cbc Triadic#bca08c Triadic#8cbca0 Split complementary#bcb88c Split complementary#90bc8c

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 15, 26, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a08cbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 26 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 28 4 32

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 #a08cbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a08cbc; }
.text { color: #a08cbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a08cbc; }

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 #a08cbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a08cbc 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 #a08cbc 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 #a08cbc 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 #a08cbc is computed, not guessed. 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.