Purple

#a495c0

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 balanced cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #a495c0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a495c0

RGB164, 149, 192

HSL261, 25%, 67%

HSV261, 22%, 75%

CMYK15%, 22%, 0%, 25%

Lab64.32, 14.13, -20.22

XYZ35.57, 33.19, 54.4

Decimal10786240

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#9382b4 #836ea9 #725c9b #645188 #564575 #473a61 #392e4e #2b233a #1c1727 #0e0b13

Tints of purple

#ac9ec6 #b4a8cb #bcb1d1 #c5bbd7 #cdc4dc #d5cee2 #ddd7e7 #e5e1ed #edeaf3 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b1c095 Analogous#959cc0 Analogous#ba95c0 Triadic#c0a495 Triadic#95c0a4 Split complementary#c0ba95 Split complementary#9cc095

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 15, 22, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a495c0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 22 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 24 4 31

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 #a495c0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a495c0; }
.text { color: #a495c0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a495c0; }

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 #a495c0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a495c0 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 #a495c0 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 #a495c0 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

Here is how the numbers for #a495c0 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.