Purple

#a293bd

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 261 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 #a293bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a293bd

RGB162, 147, 189

HSL261, 24%, 66%

HSV261, 22%, 74%

CMYK14%, 22%, 0%, 26%

Lab63.53, 13.95, -19.76

XYZ34.52, 32.22, 52.54

Decimal10654653

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#9280b1 #816da6 #725d98 #645185 #554672 #473a5f #392e4c #2b2339 #1c1726 #0e0c13

Tints of purple

#aa9dc3 #b3a6c9 #bbb0cf #c3bad5 #ccc3db #d4cde1 #dcd7e6 #e5e1ec #edeaf2 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#aebd93 Analogous#9399bd Analogous#b793bd Triadic#bda293 Triadic#93bda2 Split complementary#bdb793 Split complementary#99bd93

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 14, 22, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a293bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 22 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 24 4 32

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 #a293bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a293bd; }
.text { color: #a293bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a293bd; }

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 #a293bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a293bd 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 #a293bd 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 #a293bd 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 #a293bd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.