Medium purple

#a166da

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

Medium purple is a mid purple with a balanced cast. 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 #a166da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a166da

RGB161, 102, 218

HSL271, 61%, 63%

HSV271, 53%, 85%

CMYK26%, 53%, 0%, 15%

Lab54.18, 45.73, -50.72

XYZ32.1, 22.14, 68.91

Decimal10577626

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium purple

#934fd4 #8437cf #762dbc #6728a4 #59228d #4a1d76 #3b175f #2d1147 #1e0c30 #0f0619

Tints of medium purple

#aa74dd #b282e1 #bb90e4 #c39de7 #ccabeb #d4b9ee #ddc7f1 #e5d5f5 #eee3f8 #f6f1fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#9fda66 Analogous#6766da Analogous#da66d9 Triadic#daa166 Triadic#66daa1 Split complementary#d9da66 Split complementary#66da67

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 #a166da 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 #a166da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a166da; }
.text { color: #a166da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a166da; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a166da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a166da 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 #a166da 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 #a166da 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 #a166da 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.