Medium purple

#a18aec

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

Medium purple sits in the blue band, light and strong. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a18aec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a18aec

RGB161, 138, 236

HSL254, 72%, 73%

HSV254, 42%, 93%

CMYK32%, 42%, 0%, 7%

Lab63.19, 30.0, -46.5

XYZ38.93, 31.81, 83.45

Decimal10586860

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#896ce7 #724fe2 #5a31de #4921cc #3e1cae #341790 #291373 #1f0e55 #140938 #09041a

Tints of medium purple

#a994ee #b19eef #b9a8f1 #c2b3f3 #cabdf4 #d2c7f6 #dad1f8 #e2dbf9 #eae5fb #f3f0fd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d5ec8a Analogous#8aa4ec Analogous#d28aec Triadic#eca18a Triadic#8aeca1 Split complementary#ecd28a Split complementary#a4ec8a

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 32, 42, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a18aec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 42 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 43 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #a18aec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a18aec; }
.text { color: #a18aec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a18aec; }

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 #a18aec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a18aec against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a18aec 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a18aec 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 #a18aec is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.