Purple

#a699c7

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 257 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.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #a699c7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a699c7

RGB166, 153, 199

HSL257, 29%, 69%

HSV257, 23%, 78%

CMYK17%, 23%, 0%, 22%

Lab65.76, 14.07, -21.92

XYZ37.43, 35.01, 58.82

Decimal10918343

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of purple

#9484bc #8270b0 #705ba5 #624f90 #54447b #463867 #372d52 #29223d #1b1629 #0d0b14

Tints of purple

#aea2cc #b6abd1 #beb4d6 #c6bddb #cdc6e0 #d5cfe5 #ddd8ea #e5e1ef #edeaf4 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#bac799 Analogous#99a3c7 Analogous#bd99c7 Triadic#c7a699 Triadic#99c7a6 Split complementary#c7bd99 Split complementary#a3c799

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 17, 23, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a699c7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 23 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 25 4 28

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 #a699c7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a699c7; }
.text { color: #a699c7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a699c7; }

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 #a699c7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a699c7 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 #a699c7 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 #a699c7 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

The figures for #a699c7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.