Medium purple

#aa8dd7

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 #aa8dd7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa8dd7

RGB170, 141, 215

HSL264, 48%, 70%

HSV264, 34%, 84%

CMYK21%, 34%, 0%, 16%

Lab63.76, 25.75, -33.9

XYZ38.37, 32.5, 68.54

Decimal11177431

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9875cf #865dc6 #7445be #653ba7 #57328f #482a77 #39215f #2b1947 #1c102f #0e0817

Tints of medium purple

#b297db #b9a1de #c1abe2 #c8b5e5 #d0bfe9 #d7c9ec #dfd4f0 #e6def3 #eee8f7 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#bad78d Analogous#8d95d7 Analogous#cf8dd7 Triadic#d7aa8d Triadic#8dd7aa Split complementary#d7cf8d Split complementary#95d78d

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 21, 34, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa8dd7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 34 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 35 4 22

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 #aa8dd7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa8dd7; }
.text { color: #aa8dd7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa8dd7; }

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 #aa8dd7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa8dd7 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 #aa8dd7 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 #aa8dd7 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 #aa8dd7 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.