Medium purple

#af8fd7

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

This is Medium purple, a soft purple at 267 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #af8fd7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af8fd7

RGB175, 143, 215

HSL267, 47%, 70%

HSV267, 33%, 84%

CMYK19%, 33%, 0%, 16%

Lab64.7, 26.14, -32.4

XYZ39.77, 33.67, 68.69

Decimal11505623

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9e77ce #8d5fc6 #7b47bd #6c3ca7 #5c338f #4d2b77 #3d225f #2e1947 #1e112f #0e0817

Tints of medium purple

#b699db #bda3de #c4ade2 #cbb7e5 #d2c0e9 #d9caec #e0d4f0 #e7def3 #efe8f7 #f6f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b7d78f Analogous#8f93d7 Analogous#d38fd7 Triadic#d7af8f Triadic#8fd7af Split complementary#d7d38f Split complementary#93d78f

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 33, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af8fd7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 33 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 34 4 22

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 #af8fd7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af8fd7; }
.text { color: #af8fd7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af8fd7; }

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 #af8fd7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af8fd7 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 #af8fd7 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 #af8fd7 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

The figures for #af8fd7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.