Medium purple

#aa89cb

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, mid and soft. 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.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #aa89cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa89cb

RGB170, 137, 203

HSL270, 39%, 67%

HSV270, 33%, 80%

CMYK16%, 33%, 0%, 20%

Lab62.3, 25.29, -29.45

XYZ36.3, 30.75, 60.52

Decimal11176395

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9b74c2 #8b5eb8 #7c4cac #6c4296 #5d3981 #4d2f6b #3e2656 #2e1c40 #1f132b #0f0915

Tints of medium purple

#b294d0 #b99ed4 #c1a9d9 #c8b3de #d0bee2 #d8c8e7 #dfd3ec #e7ddf0 #eee8f5 #f6f3fa

Colors that go with medium purple

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Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 33, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa89cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 33 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 34 4 26

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #aa89cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa89cb; }
.text { color: #aa89cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa89cb; }

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 #aa89cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa89cb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aa89cb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aa89cb 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

Here is how the numbers for #aa89cb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.