Medium purple

#a38bd5

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

This is Medium purple, a soft purple at 259 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 #a38bd5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a38bd5

RGB163, 139, 213

HSL259, 47%, 69%

HSV259, 35%, 84%

CMYK23%, 35%, 0%, 16%

Lab62.55, 24.32, -34.7

XYZ36.35, 31.06, 67.03

Decimal10718165

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of medium purple

#9073cc #7e5cc4 #6b44bb #5d3ba4 #50338c #422a75 #35225d #281946 #1a112e #0d0816

Tints of medium purple

#ab95d9 #b3a0dc #bbaae0 #c4b4e4 #ccbee8 #d4c9eb #dcd3ef #e4ddf3 #ece8f7 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#bdd58b Analogous#8b98d5 Analogous#c88bd5 Triadic#d5a38b Triadic#8bd5a3 Split complementary#d5c88b Split complementary#98d58b

Medium 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 23, 35, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a38bd5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 35 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 36 4 22

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 #a38bd5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a38bd5; }
.text { color: #a38bd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a38bd5; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a38bd5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a38bd5 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 #a38bd5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #a38bd5 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 medium purple, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a38bd5 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.