Purple

#ab9fc0

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #ab9fc0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab9fc0

RGB171, 159, 192

HSL262, 21%, 69%

HSV262, 17%, 75%

CMYK11%, 17%, 0%, 25%

Lab67.47, 10.82, -15.38

XYZ38.71, 37.26, 55.02

Decimal11247552

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of purple

#9a8cb3 #8978a7 #78659a #695887 #5a4c73 #4b3f60 #3c324d #2d2639 #1e1926 #0e0c12

Tints of purple

#b2a8c6 #bab0cb #c1b9d1 #c9c1d6 #d0cadc #d8d2e2 #dfdbe7 #e7e3ed #eeecf2 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b4c09f Analogous#9fa4c0 Analogous#bb9fc0 Triadic#c0ab9f Triadic#9fc0ab Split complementary#c0bb9f Split complementary#a3c09f

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 17, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab9fc0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 17 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 20 4 31

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.

Purple in css

Copy #ab9fc0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab9fc0; }
.text { color: #ab9fc0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab9fc0; }

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 #ab9fc0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab9fc0 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ab9fc0 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ab9fc0 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

Every value on this page for #ab9fc0 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.