Medium purple

#8379c4

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 248 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 #8379c4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8379c4

RGB131, 121, 196

HSL248, 39%, 62%

HSV248, 38%, 77%

CMYK33%, 38%, 0%, 23%

Lab54.54, 21.2, -37.84

XYZ26.16, 22.49, 55.19

Decimal8616388

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone272 C

Shades of medium purple

#7165bb #5e51b2 #5347a0 #483e8d #3e3579 #342c65 #2a2451 #1f1b3d #151229 #0b0915

Tints of medium purple

#8e85c9 #9a91cf #a59dd4 #b0aad9 #bbb6df #c7c2e4 #d2cee9 #dddaef #e8e6f4 #f4f3fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#bac479 Analogous#7995c4 Analogous#a979c4 Triadic#c48379 Triadic#79c483 Split complementary#c4a979 Split complementary#95c479

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 33, 38, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8379c4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 38 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 39 4 29

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 #8379c4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8379c4; }
.text { color: #8379c4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8379c4; }

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 #8379c4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8379c4 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 #8379c4 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 #8379c4 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

Every value on this page for #8379c4 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.