Medium purple

#aa8aee

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

This is Medium purple, a strong purple at 259 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #aa8aee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa8aee

RGB170, 138, 238

HSL259, 75%, 74%

HSV259, 42%, 93%

CMYK29%, 42%, 0%, 7%

Lab64.08, 32.94, -46.14

XYZ41.1, 32.9, 85.07

Decimal11176686

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#946cea #7e4ee5 #6830e1 #571ed0 #4a1ab2 #3e1593 #311175 #240d57 #180839 #0b041b

Tints of medium purple

#b194ef #b99ef1 #c0a8f2 #c7b3f4 #cfbdf5 #d6c7f7 #ded1f8 #e5dbfa #ece5fb #f4effd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#ceee8a Analogous#8a9cee Analogous#dc8aee Triadic#eeaa8a Triadic#8aeeaa Split complementary#eedc8a Split complementary#9cee8a

Medium purple in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 29, 42, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa8aee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 42 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 43 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #aa8aee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa8aee; }
.text { color: #aa8aee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa8aee; }

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 #aa8aee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa8aee 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 #aa8aee 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 #aa8aee 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

The figures for #aa8aee come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.