Medium purple

#aa65ff

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 #aa65ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa65ff

RGB170, 101, 255

HSL267, 100%, 70%

HSV267, 60%, 100%

CMYK33%, 60%, 0%, 0%

Lab57.15, 57.15, -66.58

XYZ39.28, 25.07, 97.38

Decimal11167231

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium purple

#9844ff #8624ff #7403ff #6500e2 #5700c1 #4800a1 #390080 #2b0060 #1c003f #0e001f

Tints of medium purple

#b273ff #b980ff #c18eff #c89bff #d0a9ff #d7b7ff #dfc4ff #e6d2ff #eee0ff #f5edff

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#baff65 Analogous#656dff Analogous#f765ff Triadic#ffaa65 Triadic#65ffaa Split complementary#fff765 Split complementary#6dff65

Medium purple in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 33, 60, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa65ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 60 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 59 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #aa65ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa65ff; }
.text { color: #aa65ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa65ff; }

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 #aa65ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa65ff 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 #aa65ff 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 #aa65ff 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 #aa65ff 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.