Purple

#a28ec1

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

This is Purple, a muted purple at 264 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #a28ec1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a28ec1

RGB162, 142, 193

HSL264, 29%, 66%

HSV264, 26%, 76%

CMYK16%, 26%, 0%, 24%

Lab62.4, 17.68, -23.72

XYZ34.2, 30.88, 54.61

Decimal10653377

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#927ab6 #8267ab #72569d #644c8a #564176 #473662 #392b4f #2b203b #1d1627 #0e0b14

Tints of purple

#aa98c7 #b3a2cc #bbacd2 #c3b7d7 #ccc1dd #d4cbe2 #dcd5e8 #e5dfee #ede9f3 #f6f3f9

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#adc18e Analogous#8e94c1 Analogous#bb8ec1 Triadic#c1a28e Triadic#8ec1a2 Split complementary#c1bb8e Split complementary#94c18e

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 26, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a28ec1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 26 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 28 4 30

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.

Purple in css

Copy #a28ec1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a28ec1; }
.text { color: #a28ec1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a28ec1; }

How purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a28ec1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a28ec1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a28ec1 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a28ec1 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 purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #a28ec1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.