Purple

#a386b7

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 grounded 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.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #a386b7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a386b7

RGB163, 134, 183

HSL276, 25%, 62%

HSV276, 27%, 72%

CMYK11%, 27%, 0%, 28%

Lab60.12, 20.38, -21.56

XYZ32.18, 28.26, 48.56

Decimal10716855

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#9574ac #8862a2 #795691 #6a4c7f #5b416d #4c365b #3d2b49 #2e2137 #1f1625 #100b13

Tints of purple

#ab91be #b49cc4 #bca7cb #c4b2d1 #cdbdd8 #d5c8de #ddd3e5 #e6deeb #eee9f2 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#9ab786 Analogous#8b86b7 Analogous#b786b2 Triadic#b7a386 Triadic#86b7a3 Split complementary#b3b786 Split complementary#86b78b

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 11, 27, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a386b7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 27 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 29 4 34

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 #a386b7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a386b7; }
.text { color: #a386b7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a386b7; }

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 #a386b7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a386b7 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 #a386b7 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 #a386b7 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

Every value on this page for #a386b7 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.