Medium purple

#ac6dec

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

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and strong. 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 #ac6dec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac6dec

RGB172, 109, 236

HSL270, 77%, 68%

HSV270, 54%, 93%

CMYK27%, 54%, 0%, 7%

Lab57.81, 48.96, -54.96

XYZ37.62, 25.76, 82.35

Decimal11300332

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium purple

#9c51e8 #8c35e5 #7d1dde #6d19c2 #5d16a6 #4e128a #3e0e6f #2e0b53 #1f0737 #0f041b

Tints of medium purple

#b37aee #bb87ef #c294f1 #caa1f3 #d1aef4 #d8bbf6 #e0c8f8 #e7d5fa #efe2fb #f6effd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#adec6d Analogous#6d6dec Analogous#ec6dec Triadic#ecac6d Triadic#6decac Split complementary#eceb6d Split complementary#6eec6d

Medium purple in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 27, 54, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac6dec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 54 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 54 4 13

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 #ac6dec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac6dec; }
.text { color: #ac6dec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac6dec; }

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 #ac6dec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac6dec 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 #ac6dec 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 #ac6dec 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

Here is how the numbers for #ac6dec are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.