Medium purple

#ac8fd3

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

This is Medium purple, a soft purple at 266 degrees. 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.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #ac8fd3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac8fd3

RGB172, 143, 211

HSL266, 44%, 69%

HSV266, 32%, 83%

CMYK18%, 32%, 0%, 17%

Lab64.26, 24.32, -30.88

XYZ38.59, 33.12, 65.99

Decimal11309011

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9b78ca #8a61c1 #7849b8 #693fa1 #5a368a #4b2d73 #3c245c #2d1b44 #1d122d #0e0916

Tints of medium purple

#b399d7 #bba3db #c2addf #c9b7e3 #d1c1e6 #d8cbea #dfd4ee #e7def2 #eee8f6 #f6f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b6d38f Analogous#8f94d3 Analogous#ce8fd3 Triadic#d3ac8f Triadic#8fd3ac Split complementary#d3ce8f Split complementary#94d38f

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 18, 32, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac8fd3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 32 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 33 4 23

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 #ac8fd3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac8fd3; }
.text { color: #ac8fd3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac8fd3; }

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 #ac8fd3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac8fd3 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 #ac8fd3 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 #ac8fd3 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ac8fd3 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.