Medium purple

#aa7fff

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, light and vivid. 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 #aa7fff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa7fff

RGB170, 127, 255

HSL260, 100%, 75%

HSV260, 50%, 100%

CMYK33%, 50%, 0%, 0%

Lab62.46, 43.3, -58.06

XYZ42.22, 30.94, 98.36

Decimal11173887

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#935cff #7b39ff #6416ff #5100f1 #4500ce #3900ab #2e0088 #220065 #160042 #0a001f

Tints of medium purple

#b18aff #b995ff #c0a0ff #c7abff #cfb6ff #d6c1ff #ddccff #e5d7ff #ece2ff #f3edff

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d4ff7f Analogous#7f94ff Analogous#ea7fff Triadic#ffaa7f Triadic#7fffaa Split complementary#ffea7f Split complementary#94ff7f

Medium purple in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 33, 50, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa7fff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 50 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 50 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 #aa7fff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa7fff; }
.text { color: #aa7fff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa7fff; }

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 #aa7fff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa7fff 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 #aa7fff 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 #aa7fff 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 #aa7fff 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.