Purple

#aa9ebc

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

Purple is a mid purple with a confident cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #aa9ebc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa9ebc

RGB170, 158, 188

HSL264, 18%, 68%

HSV264, 16%, 74%

CMYK10%, 16%, 0%, 26%

Lab67.0, 10.21, -13.88

XYZ37.88, 36.63, 52.65

Decimal11181756

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone666 C

Shades of purple

#9a8baf #8979a2 #796795 #6a5a82 #5b4d6f #4c405d #3c334a #2d2637 #1e1925 #0f0d12

Tints of purple

#b2a7c2 #b9afc8 #c1b8ce #c8c1d4 #d0c9da #d7d2e0 #dfdbe6 #e7e3ec #eeecf2 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b0bc9e Analogous#9ea1bc Analogous#b99ebc Triadic#bcaa9e Triadic#9ebcaa Split complementary#bcb99e Split complementary#a1bc9e

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 16, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa9ebc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 16 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 19 4 32

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.

Purple in css

Copy #aa9ebc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa9ebc; }
.text { color: #aa9ebc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa9ebc; }

How purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #aa9ebc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa9ebc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aa9ebc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around purple? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aa9ebc 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 purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #aa9ebc 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.