Medium purple

#a46cdb

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

This is Medium purple, a strong purple at 270 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 #a46cdb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a46cdb

RGB164, 108, 219

HSL270, 61%, 64%

HSV270, 51%, 86%

CMYK25%, 51%, 0%, 14%

Lab55.82, 43.48, -48.65

XYZ33.46, 23.73, 69.84

Decimal10775771

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium purple

#9554d5 #873ccf #782fbf #6929a7 #5a2390 #4b1d78 #3c1860 #2d1248 #1e0c30 #0f0619

Tints of medium purple

#ac79de #b487e1 #bd94e5 #c5a1e8 #cdaeeb #d5bcee #ddc9f2 #e6d6f5 #eee3f8 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a3db6c Analogous#6d6cdb Analogous#db6cda Triadic#dba46c Triadic#6cdba4 Split complementary#dadb6c Split complementary#6cdb6d

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 25, 51, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a46cdb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 51 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 51 4 20

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 #a46cdb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a46cdb; }
.text { color: #a46cdb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a46cdb; }

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 #a46cdb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a46cdb 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 #a46cdb 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 #a46cdb 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #a46cdb is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.