Medium purple

#a27cc5

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 grounded 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 #a27cc5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a27cc5

RGB162, 124, 197

HSL271, 39%, 63%

HSV271, 37%, 77%

CMYK18%, 37%, 0%, 23%

Lab58.16, 28.86, -32.54

XYZ32.19, 26.13, 56.17

Decimal10648773

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2577 C

Shades of medium purple

#9468bc #8554b3 #7748a2 #683f8e #59367a #4b2d66 #3c2452 #2d1b3d #1e1229 #100915

Tints of medium purple

#aa88ca #b394d0 #bba0d5 #c4abda #ccb7df #d5c3e5 #ddcfea #e5dbef #eee7f4 #f6f3fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#9fc57c Analogous#7e7cc5 Analogous#c57cc3 Triadic#c5a27c Triadic#7cc5a2 Split complementary#c4c57c Split complementary#7cc57d

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 18, 37, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a27cc5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 37 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 38 4 29

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 #a27cc5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a27cc5; }
.text { color: #a27cc5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a27cc5; }

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 #a27cc5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a27cc5 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 #a27cc5 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 #a27cc5 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

Here is how the numbers for #a27cc5 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.