Purple

#a290bb

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

Purple is a mid purple with a confident cast. 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 #a290bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a290bb

RGB162, 144, 187

HSL265, 24%, 65%

HSV265, 23%, 73%

CMYK13%, 23%, 0%, 27%

Lab62.69, 15.21, -19.91

XYZ33.84, 31.22, 51.26

Decimal10653883

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#927db0 #836ba4 #745c95 #655083 #574570 #48395d #3a2e4b #2c2238 #1d1726 #0f0c13

Tints of purple

#aa9ac1 #b3a4c7 #bbaecd #c3b8d3 #ccc2da #d4cce0 #ddd6e6 #e5e0ec #edeaf2 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#a9bb90 Analogous#9094bb Analogous#b790bb Triadic#bba290 Triadic#90bba2 Split complementary#bbb790 Split complementary#94bb90

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 13, 23, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a290bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 23 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 25 4 33

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.

Purple in css

Copy #a290bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a290bb; }
.text { color: #a290bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a290bb; }

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 #a290bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a290bb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a290bb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a290bb 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 #a290bb 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. 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.