Medium purple

#a593dd

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 255 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a593dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a593dd

RGB165, 147, 221

HSL255, 52%, 72%

HSV255, 33%, 87%

CMYK25%, 33%, 0%, 13%

Lab65.03, 22.28, -35.28

XYZ39.0, 34.09, 72.93

Decimal10851293

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of medium purple

#9079d5 #7a60cd #6546c5 #5538b1 #493098 #3d287e #302064 #24174b #180f31 #0b0717

Tints of medium purple

#ad9ce0 #b5a6e3 #bdafe6 #c4b9e9 #ccc2ec #d4ccef #dcd5f2 #e4dff5 #ece8f8 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#cbdd93 Analogous#93a6dd Analogous#ca93dd Triadic#dda593 Triadic#93dda5 Split complementary#ddca93 Split complementary#a6dd93

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 25, 33, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a593dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 33 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 34 4 19

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 #a593dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a593dd; }
.text { color: #a593dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a593dd; }

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 #a593dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a593dd 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 #a593dd 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 #a593dd 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 #a593dd 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.