Purple

#a48fa9

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 #a48fa9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a48fa9

RGB164, 143, 169

HSL288, 13%, 61%

HSV288, 15%, 66%

CMYK3%, 15%, 0%, 34%

Lab62.0, 12.69, -10.76

XYZ32.29, 30.4, 41.7

Decimal10784681

Web safe#999999

Pantone666 C

Shades of purple

#977f9d #8a6f91 #7b6381 #6c5771 #5d4a61 #4d3e51 #3e3241 #2f2631 #201a21 #110d11

Tints of purple

#ac99b1 #b5a3b9 #bdaec0 #c5b8c8 #cdc2d0 #d6ccd8 #ded6e0 #e6e1e8 #efebef #f7f5f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#94a98f Analogous#978fa9 Analogous#a98fa1 Triadic#a9a48f Triadic#8fa9a4 Split complementary#a1a98f Split complementary#8fa997

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 3, 15, 0, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a48fa9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 15 0 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 18 4 40

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 #a48fa9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a48fa9; }
.text { color: #a48fa9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a48fa9; }

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 #a48fa9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a48fa9 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 #a48fa9 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 #a48fa9 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 #a48fa9 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.