Purple

#afa2bd

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

This is Purple, a muted purple at 269 degrees. 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.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #afa2bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afa2bd

RGB175, 162, 189

HSL269, 17%, 69%

HSV269, 14%, 74%

CMYK7%, 14%, 0%, 26%

Lab68.48, 9.88, -12.17

XYZ39.78, 38.63, 53.5

Decimal11510461

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of purple

#9f8fb0 #8f7da2 #7f6a95 #6f5c82 #5f4f70 #4f425d #3f354a #2f2737 #1f1a25 #0f0d12

Tints of purple

#b6aac3 #bdb3c9 #c4bbcf #cbc3d4 #d3cbda #dad4e0 #e1dce6 #e8e4ec #efecf2 #f6f5f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b0bda2 Analogous#a2a3bd Analogous#bda2bd Triadic#bdafa2 Triadic#a2bdaf Split complementary#bdbda2 Split complementary#a3bda2

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 7, 14, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #afa2bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 14 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 17 4 32

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.

Purple in css

Copy #afa2bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #afa2bd; }
.text { color: #afa2bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afa2bd; }

How purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #afa2bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #afa2bd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #afa2bd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around purple? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #afa2bd 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 purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #afa2bd 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.