Purple

#ada3bc

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

Purple color values

Every conversion for #ada3bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ada3bc

RGB173, 163, 188

HSL264, 16%, 69%

HSV264, 13%, 74%

CMYK8%, 13%, 0%, 26%

Lab68.54, 8.44, -11.54

XYZ39.41, 38.71, 52.97

Decimal11379644

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone5295 C

Shades of purple

#9c90ae #8c7ea1 #7b6b93 #6c5e81 #5c506e #4d435c #3d3549 #2e2837 #1e1a24 #0f0d12

Tints of purple

#b4abc2 #bcb3c8 #c3bcce #cac4d4 #d1ccda #d9d4e0 #e0dce6 #e7e4ec #efedf2 #f6f5f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b2bca3 Analogous#a3a5bc Analogous#baa3bc Triadic#bcada3 Triadic#a3bcad Split complementary#bcbaa3 Split complementary#a6bca3

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 8, 13, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ada3bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 13 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 16 4 32

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 #ada3bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ada3bc; }
.text { color: #ada3bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ada3bc; }

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 #ada3bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ada3bc 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 #ada3bc 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 #ada3bc 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

Here is how the numbers for #ada3bc are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.