Medium purple

#af8ded

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

Medium purple is a light purple with a open cast. 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 #af8ded, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af8ded

RGB175, 141, 237

HSL261, 73%, 74%

HSV261, 41%, 93%

CMYK26%, 41%, 0%, 7%

Lab65.18, 32.39, -43.82

XYZ42.49, 34.28, 84.5

Decimal11505133

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9a6fe8 #8551e4 #7033df #5e21ce #501cb0 #431792 #351274 #270e56 #1a0938 #0c041a

Tints of medium purple

#b697ef #bda1f0 #c4abf2 #cbb4f3 #d2bef5 #d9c8f6 #dfd2f8 #e6dcf9 #ede6fb #f4f0fd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#cbed8d Analogous#8d9bed Analogous#df8ded Triadic#edaf8d Triadic#8dedaf Split complementary#eddf8d Split complementary#9bed8d

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 26, 41, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af8ded on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 41 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 42 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #af8ded straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af8ded; }
.text { color: #af8ded; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af8ded; }

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 #af8ded against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af8ded 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 #af8ded 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 #af8ded 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #af8ded is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.