Medium purple

#ae80ee

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, light and strong. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #ae80ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae80ee
RGB174, 128, 238
HSL265, 76%, 72%
HSV265, 46%, 93%
CMYK27%, 46%, 0%, 7%
Lab62.18, 39.61, -49.12
XYZ40.61, 30.61, 84.66
Decimal11436270
Web safe#9999ff
Pantone2715 C
Pantone2715 CHex#ae80eeRgb174 128 238Cmyk27 46 0 7Lab62 40 -49Darker#621ac5Deep#8641e6Lighter#d7c2f4

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

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 27, 46, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae80ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
27 46 0 7
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
29 46 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 #ae80ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae80ee; }
.text { color: #ae80ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae80ee; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ae80ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.95:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.12:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae80ee 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 #ae80ee 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 #ae80ee 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

Every value on this page for #ae80ee is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.