Medium purple

#a975cc

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 soft. 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 #a975cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a975cc

RGB169, 117, 204

HSL276, 46%, 63%

HSV276, 43%, 80%

CMYK17%, 43%, 0%, 20%

Lab57.58, 36.48, -37.37

XYZ33.62, 25.52, 60.28

Decimal11105740

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2577 C

Shades of medium purple

#9c60c4 #8f4bbc #7f3fab #703796 #602f80 #50286b #402056 #301841 #21102c #110816

Tints of medium purple

#b181d1 #b98ed5 #c09ada #c8a7de #d0b3e3 #d8c0e8 #e0ccec #e7d9f1 #efe5f6 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#98cc75 Analogous#7d75cc Analogous#cc75c3 Triadic#cca975 Triadic#75cca9 Split complementary#c4cc75 Split complementary#75cc7d

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 17, 43, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a975cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 43 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 44 4 26

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 #a975cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a975cc; }
.text { color: #a975cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a975cc; }

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 #a975cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a975cc 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 #a975cc 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 #a975cc 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 #a975cc are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.