Medium purple

#a87cd5

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

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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 #a87cd5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a87cd5

RGB168, 124, 213

HSL270, 51%, 66%

HSV270, 42%, 84%

CMYK21%, 42%, 0%, 16%

Lab59.47, 34.31, -39.48

XYZ35.37, 27.54, 66.4

Decimal11042005

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#9965ce #894ec6 #7a3bba #6b34a2 #5b2d8b #4c2574 #3d1e5d #2e1646 #1e0f2e #0f0717

Tints of medium purple

#b088d9 #b893dd #bf9fe0 #c7abe4 #cfb7e8 #d7c2ec #dfceef #e6daf3 #eee6f7 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a9d57c Analogous#7c7cd5 Analogous#d57cd5 Triadic#d5a87c Triadic#7cd5a8 Split complementary#d5d57c Split complementary#7cd57c

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 21, 42, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a87cd5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 42 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 43 4 22

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 #a87cd5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a87cd5; }
.text { color: #a87cd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a87cd5; }

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 #a87cd5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a87cd5 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 #a87cd5 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 #a87cd5 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a87cd5 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.