Medium purple

#a596ec

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

This is Medium purple, a strong blue at 250 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a596ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a596ec

RGB165, 150, 236

HSL250, 69%, 76%

HSV250, 36%, 93%

CMYK30%, 36%, 0%, 7%

Lab66.42, 24.26, -41.39

XYZ41.56, 35.87, 84.09

Decimal10852076

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of medium purple

#8b78e7 #715ae1 #583cdc #4325ce #3920b0 #2f1a92 #261574 #1c1056 #120a38 #08051a

Tints of medium purple

#ad9fee #b4a8ef #bcb1f1 #c4baf3 #ccc3f4 #d3ccf6 #dbd5f7 #e3def9 #eae7fb #f2f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#ddec96 Analogous#96b2ec Analogous#d096ec Triadic#eca596 Triadic#96eca5 Split complementary#ecd096 Split complementary#b2ec96

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 30, 36, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a596ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 36 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 37 4 13

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 #a596ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a596ec; }
.text { color: #a596ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a596ec; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a596ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a596ec 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 #a596ec 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 #a596ec 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 #a596ec are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.