Medium purple

#8367aa

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 265 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 #8367aa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8367aa

RGB131, 103, 170

HSL265, 28%, 54%

HSV265, 39%, 67%

CMYK23%, 39%, 0%, 33%

Lab48.79, 25.2, -31.84

XYZ21.47, 17.43, 40.26

Decimal8611754

Web safe#996699

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium purple

#7759a0 #6b5190 #5f4880 #543f71 #483661 #3d2e52 #312542 #261c33 #1a1423 #0f0b14

Tints of medium purple

#8e75b2 #9a83ba #a591c2 #b19fc9 #bcadd1 #c8bbd9 #d3c9e1 #dfd7e9 #eae5f1 #f6f4f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#8eaa67 Analogous#676caa Analogous#a567aa Triadic#aa8367 Triadic#67aa83 Split complementary#aaa567 Split complementary#6caa67

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 23, 39, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8367aa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 39 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 40 4 39

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 #8367aa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8367aa; }
.text { color: #8367aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8367aa; }

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 #8367aa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8367aa 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 #8367aa 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 #8367aa 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

The figures for #8367aa come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.