Medium purple

#a18ecd

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 soft. 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 #a18ecd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a18ecd

RGB161, 142, 205

HSL258, 39%, 68%

HSV258, 31%, 80%

CMYK21%, 31%, 0%, 20%

Lab62.79, 20.12, -29.88

XYZ35.39, 31.33, 61.94

Decimal10587853

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of medium purple

#8f78c3 #7d62ba #6b4daf #5d4499 #503a83 #43306d #352757 #281d41 #1a132b #0d0915

Tints of medium purple

#a998d1 #b2a2d6 #baacda #c2b6df #cbc0e3 #d3cae8 #dcd4ec #e4dff1 #ece9f5 #f5f3fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#bacd8e Analogous#8e9bcd Analogous#c08ecd Triadic#cda18e Triadic#8ecda1 Split complementary#cdc18e Split complementary#9bcd8e

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 #a18ecd 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 #a18ecd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a18ecd; }
.text { color: #a18ecd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a18ecd; }

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 #a18ecd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a18ecd 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 #a18ecd 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 #a18ecd 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

The figures for #a18ecd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.