Medium purple

#a364d8

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

Medium purple is a mid purple with a balanced cast. 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 #a364d8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a364d8
RGB163, 100, 216
HSL273, 60%, 62%
HSV273, 54%, 85%
CMYK25%, 54%, 0%, 15%
Lab53.88, 46.85, -50.05
XYZ32.06, 21.86, 67.5
Decimal10708184
Web safe#9966cc
Pantone265 C
Pantone265 CHex#a364d8Rgb163 100 216Cmyk25 54 0 15Lab54 47 -50Darker#5b238aDeep#8131c3Lighter#c5a1e3

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 54, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a364d8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
25 54 0 15
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
27 54 4 21
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.

Medium purple in css

Copy #a364d8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a364d8; }
.text { color: #a364d8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a364d8; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a364d8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.91:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
5.37:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a364d8 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 #a364d8 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 #a364d8 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #a364d8 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.