Medium purple

#a26fcc

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

This is Medium purple, a soft purple at 273 degrees. 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 #a26fcc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a26fcc

RGB162, 111, 204

HSL273, 48%, 62%

HSV273, 46%, 80%

CMYK21%, 46%, 0%, 20%

Lab55.49, 37.8, -40.69

XYZ31.48, 23.41, 59.99

Decimal10645452

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium purple

#945ac5 #8745bd #783caa #693595 #5a2d80 #4c266b #3d1e56 #2e1741 #1f0f2c #100817

Tints of medium purple

#aa7cd1 #b389d5 #bb96da #c4a3df #ccb0e3 #d5bde8 #ddcbec #e6d8f1 #eee5f6 #f6f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#99cc6f Analogous#746fcc Analogous#cc6fc8 Triadic#cca26f Triadic#6fcca2 Split complementary#c8cc6f Split complementary#6fcc73

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 21, 46, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a26fcc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 46 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 46 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #a26fcc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a26fcc; }
.text { color: #a26fcc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a26fcc; }

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 #a26fcc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a26fcc 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 #a26fcc 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 #a26fcc 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 #a26fcc 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.