Medium purple

#ac73ea

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #ac73ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac73ea
RGB172, 115, 234
HSL269, 74%, 68%
HSV269, 51%, 92%
CMYK26%, 51%, 0%, 8%
Lab58.95, 45.27, -52.03
XYZ38.0, 26.97, 81.05
Decimal11301866
Web safe#9966ff
Pantone2655 C
Pantone2655 CHex#ac73eaRgb172 115 234Cmyk26 51 0 8Lab59 45 -52Darker#641bb3Deep#8735e1Lighter#d1b4f0

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 26, 51, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac73ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
26 51 0 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
28 51 4 14
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 #ac73ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac73ea; }
.text { color: #ac73ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac73ea; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ac73ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.28:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.39:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac73ea 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 #ac73ea sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ac73ea and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium purple, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #ac73ea come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.