Medium purple

#816ea3

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

This is Medium purple, a muted purple at 262 degrees. 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 #816ea3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#816ea3

RGB129, 110, 163

HSL262, 22%, 54%

HSV262, 33%, 64%

CMYK21%, 33%, 0%, 36%

Lab50.05, 18.71, -25.8

XYZ21.24, 18.46, 37.09

Decimal8482467

Web safe#996699

Pantone272 C

Shades of medium purple

#756198 #695789 #5e4e7b #52446c #473b5d #3c324e #30283f #251f30 #1a1522 #0e0c13

Tints of medium purple

#8d7bac #9889b4 #a496bd #b0a4c5 #bbb1ce #c7bed6 #d3ccdf #ded9e7 #eae7f0 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#90a36e Analogous#6e75a3 Analogous#9c6ea3 Triadic#a3816e Triadic#6ea381 Split complementary#a39b6e Split complementary#75a36e

Medium purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 21, 33, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #816ea3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 33 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 34 4 42

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 #816ea3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #816ea3; }
.text { color: #816ea3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #816ea3; }

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 #816ea3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #816ea3 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 #816ea3 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 #816ea3 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 #816ea3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.