Medium purple

#aa89da

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

This is Medium purple, a soft purple at 264 degrees. 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 #aa89da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa89da

RGB170, 137, 218

HSL264, 52%, 70%

HSV264, 37%, 85%

CMYK22%, 37%, 0%, 15%

Lab62.93, 28.71, -36.86

XYZ38.18, 31.5, 70.4

Decimal11176410

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9870d2 #8658cb #753fc3 #6636ab #572e93 #48267a #3a1f61 #2b1749 #1c0f30 #0e0717

Tints of medium purple

#b293dd #b99ee1 #c1a8e4 #c8b3e7 #d0bdea #d7c8ee #dfd2f1 #e6ddf4 #eee7f7 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b9da89 Analogous#8990da Analogous#d389da Triadic#daaa89 Triadic#89daaa Split complementary#dad389 Split complementary#90da89

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 22, 37, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa89da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 37 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 38 4 21

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 #aa89da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa89da; }
.text { color: #aa89da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa89da; }

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 #aa89da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa89da 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 #aa89da 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 #aa89da 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 #aa89da 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.