Medium purple

#a56fcd

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 274 degrees. 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.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a56fcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a56fcd

RGB165, 111, 205

HSL274, 48%, 62%

HSV274, 46%, 80%

CMYK20%, 46%, 0%, 20%

Lab55.86, 38.88, -40.66

XYZ32.22, 23.78, 60.65

Decimal10842061

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium purple

#985ac6 #8b45be #7c3bab #6c3496 #5d2d81 #4e256b #3e1e56 #2f1741 #200f2c #100817

Tints of medium purple

#ad7cd2 #b589d6 #be96db #c6a3df #ceb0e4 #d6bde8 #decbed #e6d8f1 #efe5f6 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#97cd6f Analogous#766fcd Analogous#cd6fc6 Triadic#cda56f Triadic#6fcda5 Split complementary#c6cd6f Split complementary#6fcd76

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 46, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a56fcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 46 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 46 4 26

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 #a56fcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a56fcd; }
.text { color: #a56fcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a56fcd; }

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 #a56fcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a56fcd 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 #a56fcd 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 #a56fcd 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

Every value on this page for #a56fcd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.