Medium purple

#a35ded

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

This is Medium purple, a vivid purple at 269 degrees. 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 #a35ded, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a35ded
RGB163, 93, 237
HSL269, 80%, 65%
HSV269, 61%, 93%
CMYK31%, 61%, 0%, 7%
Lab53.74, 55.39, -62.1
XYZ34.3, 21.73, 82.51
Decimal10706413
Web safe#9966ff
Pantone265 C
Pantone265 CHex#a35dedRgb163 93 237Cmyk31 61 0 7Lab54 55 -62Darker#5c13a8Deep#7f1de6Lighter#c8a2f0

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

Medium purple in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 31, 61, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a35ded on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
31 61 0 7
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
33 60 4 13
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #a35ded straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a35ded; }
.text { color: #a35ded; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a35ded; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a35ded against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.93:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
5.35:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a35ded against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a35ded sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium 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 medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a35ded and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium purple, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #a35ded come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.