Medium purple

#8271c0

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

Medium purple is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8271c0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8271c0

RGB130, 113, 192

HSL253, 39%, 60%

HSV253, 41%, 75%

CMYK32%, 41%, 0%, 25%

Lab52.24, 24.6, -39.17

XYZ24.63, 20.36, 52.5

Decimal8548800

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone272 C

Shades of medium purple

#715eb8 #624dad #57449a #4c3c87 #413474 #372b61 #2c234e #211a3b #171228 #0c0915

Tints of medium purple

#8d7ec6 #998bcc #a498d1 #b0a5d7 #bbb2dd #c6bfe3 #d2cce8 #ddd9ee #e9e6f4 #f4f3fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#afc071 Analogous#7187c0 Analogous#aa71c0 Triadic#c08271 Triadic#71c082 Split complementary#c0aa71 Split complementary#87c071

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 32, 41, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8271c0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 41 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 42 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 #8271c0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8271c0; }
.text { color: #8271c0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8271c0; }

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 #8271c0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8271c0 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 #8271c0 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 #8271c0 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

Here is how the numbers for #8271c0 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.