Purple

#ab9bc7

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 262 degrees. 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 #ab9bc7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab9bc7

RGB171, 155, 199

HSL262, 28%, 69%

HSV262, 22%, 78%

CMYK14%, 22%, 0%, 22%

Lab66.69, 14.56, -20.46

XYZ38.82, 36.22, 58.98

Decimal11246535

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of purple

#9a86bb #8872b0 #775da4 #685190 #59457b #4a3967 #3b2e52 #2c223d #1d1728 #0e0b14

Tints of purple

#b2a4cc #baadd1 #c1b6d6 #c9bedb #d0c7e0 #d8d0e5 #dfd9ea #e7e2ef #eeebf4 #f5f4f9

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#b7c79b Analogous#9ba1c7 Analogous#c19bc7 Triadic#c7ab9b Triadic#9bc7ab Split complementary#c7c19b Split complementary#a1c79b

Purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 14, 22, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab9bc7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 22 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 24 4 28

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 #ab9bc7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab9bc7; }
.text { color: #ab9bc7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab9bc7; }

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 #ab9bc7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab9bc7 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 #ab9bc7 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 #ab9bc7 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

Every value on this page for #ab9bc7 is computed, not guessed. 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.