Medium purple

#a685bc

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

This is Medium purple, a muted purple at 276 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 #a685bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a685bc

RGB166, 133, 188

HSL276, 29%, 63%

HSV276, 29%, 74%

CMYK12%, 29%, 0%, 26%

Lab60.35, 23.0, -24.02

XYZ33.19, 28.51, 51.33

Decimal10913212

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9872b2 #8b60a7 #7c5397 #6c4984 #5d3e71 #4e345f #3e2a4c #2f1f39 #201526 #100b14

Tints of medium purple

#ae90c2 #b69bc8 #bea6ce #c6b1d4 #cebcda #d6c7e0 #ded2e6 #e6dded #efe8f3 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#9bbc85 Analogous#8a85bc Analogous#bc85b7 Triadic#bca685 Triadic#85bca6 Split complementary#b7bc85 Split complementary#85bc8b

Medium purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 12, 29, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a685bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 29 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 31 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.

Medium purple in css

Copy #a685bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a685bc; }
.text { color: #a685bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a685bc; }

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 #a685bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a685bc 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 #a685bc 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 #a685bc 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a685bc are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.