Medium purple

#ae87d8

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

Medium purple is a mid purple with a grounded cast. 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 #ae87d8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae87d8

RGB174, 135, 216

HSL269, 51%, 69%

HSV269, 38%, 85%

CMYK19%, 38%, 0%, 15%

Lab62.75, 30.57, -36.0

XYZ38.51, 31.28, 68.97

Decimal11438040

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9e6fd0 #8d57c8 #7d3fc0 #6d37a8 #5e2f90 #4e2778 #3e1f60 #2e1747 #1f0f2f #0f0817

Tints of medium purple

#b592db #bc9cdf #c4a7e2 #cbb2e6 #d2bce9 #d9c7ed #e0d2f0 #e8dcf4 #efe7f7 #f6f2fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b1d887 Analogous#8788d8 Analogous#d787d8 Triadic#d8ae87 Triadic#87d8ae Split complementary#d8d787 Split complementary#88d887

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 38, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae87d8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 38 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 39 4 21

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #ae87d8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae87d8; }
.text { color: #ae87d8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae87d8; }

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 #ae87d8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae87d8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ae87d8 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ae87d8 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 #ae87d8 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.