Medium purple

#a997ec

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

Medium purple is a light blue that reads relaxed. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #a997ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a997ec

RGB169, 151, 236

HSL253, 69%, 76%

HSV253, 36%, 93%

CMYK28%, 36%, 0%, 7%

Lab66.99, 24.82, -40.47

XYZ42.57, 36.62, 84.18

Decimal11114476

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of medium purple

#9079e6 #775be1 #5e3ddb #4a26cf #3f20b1 #341b92 #291574 #1f1056 #140a38 #09051a

Tints of medium purple

#b0a0ee #b8a9ef #bfb2f1 #c6bbf2 #cec3f4 #d5ccf6 #dcd5f7 #e4def9 #ebe7fb #f3f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#daec97 Analogous#97afec Analogous#d497ec Triadic#eca997 Triadic#97eca9 Split complementary#ecd497 Split complementary#afec97

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 28, 36, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a997ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 36 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 37 4 13

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 #a997ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a997ec; }
.text { color: #a997ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a997ec; }

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 #a997ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a997ec 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 #a997ec 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 #a997ec 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

The figures for #a997ec come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.