Purple

#a594bc

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

Purple is a mid purple with a balanced cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #a594bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a594bc

RGB165, 148, 188

HSL266, 23%, 66%

HSV266, 21%, 74%

CMYK12%, 21%, 0%, 26%

Lab64.01, 14.15, -18.44

XYZ35.18, 32.81, 52.06

Decimal10851516

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of purple

#9581b0 #856ea4 #765e96 #675283 #584771 #4a3b5e #3b2f4b #2c2338 #1e1826 #0f0c13

Tints of purple

#ad9ec2 #b5a7c8 #bdb1ce #c5bad4 #cdc4da #d5cee0 #ded7e6 #e6e1ec #eeeaf2 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#abbc94 Analogous#9497bc Analogous#b994bc Triadic#bca594 Triadic#94bca5 Split complementary#bcb994 Split complementary#97bc94

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 21, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a594bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 21 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 23 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 #a594bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a594bc; }
.text { color: #a594bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a594bc; }

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 #a594bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a594bc 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 #a594bc 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 #a594bc 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 #a594bc 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.