Medium purple

#ab8deb

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 259 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 #ab8deb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab8deb

RGB171, 141, 235

HSL259, 70%, 74%

HSV259, 40%, 92%

CMYK27%, 40%, 0%, 8%

Lab64.73, 30.79, -43.46

XYZ41.31, 33.71, 82.93

Decimal11242987

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9570e6 #8052e1 #6a35dc #5923ca #4c1ead #3f1990 #321472 #250f55 #180a37 #0b051a

Tints of medium purple

#b297ed #baa1ee #c1abf0 #c8b5f2 #cfbef4 #d7c8f5 #ded2f7 #e5dcf9 #ede6fb #f4f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#cdeb8d Analogous#8d9eeb Analogous#da8deb Triadic#ebab8d Triadic#8debab Split complementary#ebda8d Split complementary#9eeb8d

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 27, 40, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab8deb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 40 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 41 4 14

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 #ab8deb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab8deb; }
.text { color: #ab8deb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab8deb; }

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 #ab8deb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab8deb 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 #ab8deb 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 #ab8deb 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

Every value on this page for #ab8deb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.