Medium purple

#a166d9

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

This is Medium purple, a strong purple at 271 degrees. 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.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a166d9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a166d9

RGB161, 102, 217

HSL271, 60%, 63%

HSV271, 53%, 85%

CMYK26%, 53%, 0%, 15%

Lab54.12, 45.49, -50.24

XYZ31.97, 22.09, 68.22

Decimal10577625

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium purple

#934fd3 #8538ce #762eba #6729a3 #59238c #4a1d75 #3b175e #2d1247 #1e0c30 #100619

Tints of medium purple

#aa74dc #b282e0 #bb90e3 #c39de7 #ccabea #d4b9ee #ddc7f1 #e5d5f5 #eee3f8 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#9ed966 Analogous#6866d9 Analogous#d966d7 Triadic#d9a166 Triadic#66d9a1 Split complementary#d8d966 Split complementary#66d968

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 26, 53, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a166d9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 53 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 53 4 21

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 #a166d9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a166d9; }
.text { color: #a166d9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a166d9; }

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 #a166d9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a166d9 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 #a166d9 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 #a166d9 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

Every value on this page for #a166d9 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.