Purple

#a194b6

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 #a194b6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a194b6

RGB161, 148, 182

HSL263, 19%, 65%

HSV263, 19%, 71%

CMYK12%, 19%, 0%, 29%

Lab63.45, 11.53, -15.94

XYZ33.73, 32.13, 48.68

Decimal10589366

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone666 C

Shades of purple

#9182aa #82709e #73618f #64557d #56496b #483d59 #3a3148 #2b2536 #1d1924 #0f0c12

Tints of purple

#a99ebd #b2a7c3 #bab1ca #c3bbd0 #cbc4d7 #d4cedd #dcd7e4 #e5e1eb #edebf1 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#a9b694 Analogous#9498b6 Analogous#b294b6 Triadic#b6a194 Triadic#94b6a1 Split complementary#b6b294 Split complementary#98b694

Purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 12, 19, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a194b6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 19 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 21 4 35

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 #a194b6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a194b6; }
.text { color: #a194b6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a194b6; }

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 #a194b6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a194b6 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 #a194b6 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 #a194b6 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 #a194b6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.