Medium purple

#ac8dcd

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

Medium purple is a mid purple with a confident 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.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #ac8dcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac8dcd

RGB172, 141, 205

HSL269, 39%, 68%

HSV269, 31%, 80%

CMYK16%, 31%, 0%, 20%

Lab63.53, 24.1, -28.65

XYZ37.56, 32.23, 62.0

Decimal11308493

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9c77c3 #8c61ba #7c4daf #6d4399 #5d3983 #4d306d #3e2657 #2e1d41 #1f132b #0f0915

Tints of medium purple

#b397d1 #bba1d6 #c2abda #cab6df #d1c0e3 #d8cae8 #e0d4ec #e7def1 #efe8f5 #f6f3fa

Colors that go with medium purple

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Medium 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 16, 31, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac8dcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 31 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 33 4 26

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.

Medium purple in css

Copy #ac8dcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac8dcd; }
.text { color: #ac8dcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac8dcd; }

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 #ac8dcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac8dcd 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 #ac8dcd 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 #ac8dcd 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 #ac8dcd 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.