Medium purple

#a679dc

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

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and strong. 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.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a679dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a679dc

RGB166, 121, 220

HSL267, 59%, 67%

HSV267, 45%, 86%

CMYK25%, 45%, 0%, 14%

Lab58.93, 37.06, -44.28

XYZ35.48, 26.95, 71.04

Decimal10910172

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#9660d6 #8548cf #7533c5 #672dac #582693 #49207b #3b1a62 #2c1349 #1d0d31 #0e0618

Tints of medium purple

#ae85df #b691e2 #be9de5 #c6a9e9 #ceb5ec #d6c1ef #decdf2 #e6d9f5 #eee5f8 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#afdc79 Analogous#797edc Analogous#d779dc Triadic#dca679 Triadic#79dca6 Split complementary#dcd879 Split complementary#7ddc79

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 45, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a679dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 45 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 45 4 20

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 #a679dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a679dc; }
.text { color: #a679dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a679dc; }

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 #a679dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a679dc 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 #a679dc 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 #a679dc 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 #a679dc is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.