Medium purple

#aa89e2

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

This is Medium purple, a strong purple at 262 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #aa89e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa89e2

RGB170, 137, 226

HSL262, 61%, 71%

HSV262, 39%, 89%

CMYK25%, 39%, 0%, 11%

Lab63.28, 30.6, -40.75

XYZ39.25, 31.93, 76.05

Decimal11176418

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#976edb #8454d5 #7039ce #612db9 #53279e #452083 #371a69 #29134e #1b0d33 #0d0619

Tints of medium purple

#b193e5 #b99ee7 #c0a8ea #c8b2ec #cfbdef #d7c7f1 #ded2f4 #e6dcf6 #ede6f9 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c1e289 Analogous#8994e2 Analogous#d689e2 Triadic#e2aa89 Triadic#89e2aa Split complementary#e2d689 Split complementary#94e289

Medium 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 25, 39, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa89e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 39 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 40 4 17

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 #aa89e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa89e2; }
.text { color: #aa89e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa89e2; }

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 #aa89e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa89e2 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 #aa89e2 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 #aa89e2 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 #aa89e2 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.