Medium purple

#ab8aee

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 relaxed cast. 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 #ab8aee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab8aee

RGB171, 138, 238

HSL260, 75%, 74%

HSV260, 42%, 93%

CMYK28%, 42%, 0%, 7%

Lab64.17, 33.21, -45.99

XYZ41.32, 33.01, 85.08

Decimal11242222

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#956cea #804ee5 #6a30e1 #591ed0 #4c1ab2 #3f1593 #321175 #250d57 #180839 #0b041b

Tints of medium purple

#b294ef #ba9ef1 #c1a8f2 #c8b3f4 #cfbdf5 #d7c7f7 #ded1f8 #e5dbfa #ede5fb #f4effd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#cdee8a Analogous#8a9bee Analogous#dd8aee Triadic#eeab8a Triadic#8aeeab Split complementary#eedd8a Split complementary#9bee8a

Medium purple in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 28, 42, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab8aee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 42 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 43 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 #ab8aee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab8aee; }
.text { color: #ab8aee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab8aee; }

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 #ab8aee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab8aee 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 #ab8aee 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 #ab8aee 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

The figures for #ab8aee come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.