Medium purple

#a288eb

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, light and strong. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a288eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a288eb

RGB162, 136, 235

HSL256, 71%, 73%

HSV256, 42%, 92%

CMYK31%, 42%, 0%, 8%

Lab62.75, 31.15, -46.63

XYZ38.7, 31.29, 82.6

Decimal10651883

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#8b6be6 #744ee1 #5e31dc #4e22c9 #421dac #37188f #2c1372 #210e54 #150937 #0a041a

Tints of medium purple

#aa92ed #b29dee #baa7f0 #c2b1f2 #cbbcf4 #d3c6f5 #dbd1f7 #e3dbf9 #ebe5fb #f3f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d1eb88 Analogous#88a0eb Analogous#d488eb Triadic#eba288 Triadic#88eba2 Split complementary#ebd388 Split complementary#a0eb88

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 31, 42, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a288eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 42 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 43 4 14

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 #a288eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a288eb; }
.text { color: #a288eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a288eb; }

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 #a288eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a288eb 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 #a288eb 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 #a288eb 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

Every value on this page for #a288eb is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.