Medium purple

#a581ca

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 270 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 #a581ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a581ca

RGB165, 129, 202

HSL270, 41%, 65%

HSV270, 36%, 79%

CMYK18%, 36%, 0%, 21%

Lab59.86, 28.07, -32.71

XYZ34.03, 27.96, 59.48

Decimal10846666

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#966cc1 #8757b8 #7847aa #693e94 #5a367f #4b2d6a #3c2455 #2d1b40 #1e122b #0f0916

Tints of medium purple

#ad8ccf #b598d4 #bda3d8 #c5aedd #cebae2 #d6c5e7 #ded0eb #e6dcf0 #eee7f5 #f6f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a6ca81 Analogous#8181ca Analogous#ca81ca Triadic#caa581 Triadic#81caa5 Split complementary#cac981 Split complementary#81ca81

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 18, 36, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a581ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 36 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 37 4 27

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.

Medium purple in css

Copy #a581ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a581ca; }
.text { color: #a581ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a581ca; }

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 #a581ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a581ca against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a581ca 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a581ca 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 #a581ca are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.