Medium purple

#ae86ea

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 #ae86ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae86ea

RGB174, 134, 234

HSL264, 70%, 72%

HSV264, 43%, 92%

CMYK26%, 43%, 0%, 8%

Lab63.33, 35.32, -45.08

XYZ40.83, 31.99, 81.86

Decimal11437802

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#9b69e5 #884ce0 #7430db #6422c7 #561daa #47188d #391370 #2a0f54 #1c0a37 #0d051a

Tints of medium purple

#b591ec #bc9bee #c3a6f0 #cab0f1 #d1bbf3 #d8c5f5 #e0d0f7 #e7dbf9 #eee5fb #f5f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c2ea86 Analogous#8690ea Analogous#e086ea Triadic#eaae86 Triadic#86eaae Split complementary#eae086 Split complementary#90ea86

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 26, 43, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae86ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 43 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 44 4 14

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.

Medium purple in css

Copy #ae86ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae86ea; }
.text { color: #ae86ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae86ea; }

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 #ae86ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae86ea 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 #ae86ea 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 #ae86ea 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ae86ea 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.