Medium purple

#a08ccb

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

This is Medium purple, a soft purple at 259 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.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a08ccb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a08ccb

RGB160, 140, 203

HSL259, 38%, 67%

HSV259, 31%, 80%

CMYK21%, 31%, 0%, 20%

Lab62.12, 20.48, -29.8

XYZ34.65, 30.54, 60.57

Decimal10521803

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of medium purple

#8e76c1 #7c61b8 #6b4eac #5e4496 #513a81 #43306b #362756 #281d40 #1b132b #0d0a15

Tints of medium purple

#a896d0 #b1a1d4 #b9abd9 #c2b5de #cabfe2 #d3cae7 #dbd4ec #e4def0 #ece8f5 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b7cb8c Analogous#8c98cb Analogous#c08ccb Triadic#cba08c Triadic#8ccba0 Split complementary#cbc08c Split complementary#98cb8c

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 21, 31, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a08ccb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 31 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 33 4 26

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 #a08ccb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a08ccb; }
.text { color: #a08ccb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a08ccb; }

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 #a08ccb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a08ccb 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 #a08ccb 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 #a08ccb 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 #a08ccb is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.