Medium purple

#8186d2

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 blue at 236 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8186d2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8186d2

RGB129, 134, 210

HSL236, 47%, 66%

HSV236, 39%, 82%

CMYK39%, 36%, 0%, 18%

Lab58.39, 16.79, -39.74

XYZ29.21, 26.37, 64.52

Decimal8488658

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of medium purple

#6a70ca #545ac2 #4148b6 #393f9f #313688 #292d71 #20245b #181b44 #10122d #080917

Tints of medium purple

#8c91d6 #989cda #a3a7de #aeb1e2 #b9bce6 #c5c7ea #d0d2ee #dbddf2 #e7e8f6 #f2f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d2cd81 Analogous#81aed2 Analogous#a581d2 Triadic#d28186 Triadic#86d281 Split complementary#d2a581 Split complementary#aed281

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 39, 36, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8186d2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 36 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 37 4 24

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #8186d2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8186d2; }
.text { color: #8186d2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8186d2; }

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 #8186d2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8186d2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8186d2 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8186d2 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 #8186d2 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.