Medium purple

#ac5efe

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

This is Medium purple, a vivid purple at 269 degrees. 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.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #ac5efe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac5efe

RGB172, 94, 254

HSL269, 99%, 68%

HSV269, 63%, 100%

CMYK32%, 63%, 0%, 0%

Lab56.02, 60.82, -67.83

XYZ38.91, 23.93, 96.33

Decimal11296510

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium purple

#9c3efe #8b1ffe #7b02fb #6c01dc #5c01bc #4d019d #3d017d #2e015d #1e003e #0f001e

Tints of medium purple

#b36cfe #bb7bfe #c289fe #ca97fe #d1a6fe #d8b4ff #e0c2ff #e7d1ff #eedfff #f6edff

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b0fe5e Analogous#5e60fe Analogous#fc5efe Triadic#feac5e Triadic#5efeac Split complementary#fefc5e Split complementary#60fe5e

Medium purple in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 32, 63, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac5efe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 63 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 62 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ac5efe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac5efe; }
.text { color: #ac5efe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac5efe; }

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 #ac5efe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac5efe 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 #ac5efe 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 #ac5efe 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 #ac5efe come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.