Purple

#a9a2be

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

Purple falls in the purple range, mid and muted. 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 #a9a2be, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a9a2be

RGB169, 162, 190

HSL255, 18%, 69%

HSV255, 15%, 75%

CMYK11%, 15%, 0%, 25%

Lab68.02, 8.06, -13.47

XYZ38.58, 37.99, 54.02

Decimal11117246

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of purple

#988fb1 #867ca4 #756996 #665c84 #574f71 #49415e #3a344b #2b2738 #1d1a25 #0e0d12

Tints of purple

#b1aac4 #b8b2ca #c0bbcf #c8c3d5 #cfcbdb #d7d3e1 #dedce6 #e6e4ec #eeecf2 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b7bea2 Analogous#a2a9be Analogous#b7a2be Triadic#bea9a2 Triadic#a2bea9 Split complementary#beb7a2 Split complementary#a9bea2

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 15, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a9a2be on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 15 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 18 4 31

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 #a9a2be straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a9a2be; }
.text { color: #a9a2be; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a9a2be; }

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 #a9a2be against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a9a2be 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 #a9a2be 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 #a9a2be 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

The figures for #a9a2be 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.