Medium purple

#a87fbe

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 #a87fbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a87fbe

RGB168, 127, 190

HSL279, 33%, 62%

HSV279, 33%, 75%

CMYK12%, 33%, 0%, 25%

Lab59.18, 27.49, -26.94

XYZ33.03, 27.22, 52.23

Decimal11042750

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2577 C

Shades of medium purple

#9b6cb4 #8e59ab #7f4e99 #6f4486 #5f3b73 #503160 #40274d #301e3a #211427 #110a14

Tints of medium purple

#b08bc4 #b896ca #c0a2d0 #c8add6 #cfb9db #d7c5e1 #dfd0e7 #e7dced #efe8f3 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#95be7f Analogous#897fbe Analogous#be7fb4 Triadic#bea87f Triadic#7fbea8 Split complementary#b5be7f Split complementary#7fbe88

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 12, 33, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a87fbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 33 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 34 4 31

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 #a87fbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a87fbe; }
.text { color: #a87fbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a87fbe; }

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 #a87fbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a87fbe 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 #a87fbe 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 #a87fbe 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 #a87fbe are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.