Purple

#a99bc3

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 261 degrees. 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.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #a99bc3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a99bc3

RGB169, 155, 195

HSL261, 25%, 69%

HSV261, 21%, 76%

CMYK13%, 21%, 0%, 24%

Lab66.38, 13.04, -18.72

XYZ37.93, 35.82, 56.54

Decimal11115459

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of purple

#9887b7 #8773ab #765f9f #67538b #584777 #493b63 #3a2f4f #2c233b #1d1727 #0e0b13

Tints of purple

#b1a4c8 #b8adce #c0b6d3 #c8bfd8 #cfc7de #d7d0e3 #ded9e8 #e6e2ee #eeebf3 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b5c39b Analogous#9ba1c3 Analogous#bd9bc3 Triadic#c3a99b Triadic#9bc3a9 Split complementary#c3bd9b Split complementary#a1c39b

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 13, 21, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a99bc3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 21 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 23 4 30

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 #a99bc3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a99bc3; }
.text { color: #a99bc3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a99bc3; }

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 #a99bc3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a99bc3 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 #a99bc3 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 #a99bc3 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 #a99bc3 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.