Purple

#a595bc

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for purple, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Purple, a muted purple at 265 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #a595bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a595bc

RGB165, 149, 188

HSL265, 23%, 66%

HSV265, 21%, 74%

CMYK12%, 21%, 0%, 26%

Lab64.26, 13.59, -18.06

XYZ35.34, 33.13, 52.11

Decimal10851772

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#9582b0 #856fa4 #765f96 #675383 #584771 #493b5e #3b2f4b #2c2438 #1d1826 #0f0c13

Tints of purple

#ad9fc2 #b5a8c8 #bdb2ce #c5bbd4 #cdc5da #d5cee0 #ddd8e6 #e6e1ec #eeebf2 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#acbc95 Analogous#9599bc Analogous#b995bc Triadic#bca595 Triadic#95bca5 Split complementary#bcb995 Split complementary#99bc95

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 21, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a595bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 21 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 23 4 32

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.

Purple in css

Copy #a595bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a595bc; }
.text { color: #a595bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a595bc; }

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 #a595bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a595bc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a595bc 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a595bc 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

Every value on this page for #a595bc is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.