Medium purple

#a987df

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

Medium purple is a light purple with a relaxed cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a987df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a987df

RGB169, 135, 223

HSL263, 58%, 70%

HSV263, 39%, 87%

CMYK24%, 39%, 0%, 13%

Lab62.58, 30.73, -40.19

XYZ38.35, 31.09, 73.79

Decimal11110367

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#966dd8 #8453d1 #7139ca #6330b3 #542999 #462280 #381b66 #2a144c #1c0d32 #0d0618

Tints of medium purple

#b192e2 #b89ce5 #c0a7e7 #c7b1ea #cfbced #d7c7f0 #ded1f3 #e6dcf6 #ede6f8 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#bddf87 Analogous#8791df Analogous#d587df Triadic#dfa987 Triadic#87dfa9 Split complementary#dfd587 Split complementary#91df87

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 24, 39, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a987df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 39 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 40 4 19

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 #a987df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a987df; }
.text { color: #a987df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a987df; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a987df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a987df 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 #a987df 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 #a987df 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

The figures for #a987df 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. 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.