Medium purple

#a778c8

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

This is Medium purple, a soft purple at 275 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 #a778c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a778c8

RGB167, 120, 200

HSL275, 42%, 63%

HSV275, 40%, 78%

CMYK16%, 40%, 0%, 22%

Lab57.86, 33.32, -34.67

XYZ33.08, 25.82, 57.88

Decimal10975432

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2577 C

Shades of medium purple

#9a63c0 #8c4fb7 #7d43a6 #6e3b91 #5e337d #4f2a68 #3f2253 #2f1a3f #20112a #100916

Tints of medium purple

#af84cd #b790d2 #bf9dd7 #c7a9dc #cfb5e1 #d7c1e6 #dfceeb #e7daf0 #efe6f5 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#99c878 Analogous#7f78c8 Analogous#c878c1 Triadic#c8a778 Triadic#78c8a7 Split complementary#c1c878 Split complementary#78c87f

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 40, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a778c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 40 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 41 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.

Medium purple in css

Copy #a778c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a778c8; }
.text { color: #a778c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a778c8; }

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 #a778c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a778c8 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 #a778c8 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 #a778c8 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 #a778c8 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.