Medium purple

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a47ace, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

Medium purple in print

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a47ace on both.

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 #a47ace straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a47ace; }
.text { color: #a47ace; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a47ace; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a47ace against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a47ace 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 #a47ace sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

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 #a47ace and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

How we calculate these values