Medium purple

#a180da

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

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and strong. 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 #a180da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a180da

RGB161, 128, 218

HSL262, 55%, 68%

HSV262, 41%, 85%

CMYK26%, 41%, 0%, 15%

Lab59.96, 31.22, -41.57

XYZ35.07, 28.08, 69.9

Decimal10584282

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#8f68d3 #7d4fcc #6b39c3 #5e32aa #502a92 #432379 #351c61 #281549 #1b0e30 #0d0718

Tints of medium purple

#a98bdd #b297e1 #baa2e4 #c3ade7 #cbb9ea #d3c4ee #dccff1 #e4dbf4 #ece6f8 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b9da80 Analogous#808cda Analogous#ce80da Triadic#daa180 Triadic#80daa1 Split complementary#dace80 Split complementary#8cda80

Medium 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 26, 41, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a180da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 41 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 42 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 #a180da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a180da; }
.text { color: #a180da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a180da; }

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 #a180da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a180da 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 #a180da 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 #a180da 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

Here is how the numbers for #a180da are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.