Medium purple

#aa8cd9

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 soft. 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 #aa8cd9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa8cd9

RGB170, 140, 217

HSL263, 50%, 70%

HSV263, 35%, 85%

CMYK22%, 35%, 0%, 15%

Lab63.6, 26.78, -35.25

XYZ38.48, 32.31, 69.85

Decimal11177177

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9873d1 #865bc9 #7442c1 #6538aa #563092 #482879 #392061 #2b1848 #1c1030 #0e0817

Tints of medium purple

#b296dc #b9a0e0 #c1aae3 #c8b5e6 #d0bfea #d7c9ed #dfd3f0 #e6ddf4 #eee7f7 #f5f2fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#bbd98c Analogous#8c94d9 Analogous#d08cd9 Triadic#d9aa8c Triadic#8cd9aa Split complementary#d9d08c Split complementary#95d98c

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 22, 35, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa8cd9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 35 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 36 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #aa8cd9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa8cd9; }
.text { color: #aa8cd9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa8cd9; }

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 #aa8cd9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa8cd9 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 #aa8cd9 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 #aa8cd9 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

Here is how the numbers for #aa8cd9 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.