Medium purple

#8481bd

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 243 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 #8481bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8481bd

RGB132, 129, 189

HSL243, 31%, 62%

HSV243, 32%, 74%

CMYK30%, 32%, 0%, 26%

Lab56.37, 14.93, -30.99

XYZ26.55, 24.28, 51.43

Decimal8683965

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone272 C

Shades of medium purple

#726eb3 #5f5ba9 #535098 #494685 #3f3c72 #343260 #2a284d #201e3a #151427 #0b0b14

Tints of medium purple

#8f8cc3 #9a98c9 #a5a3cf #b1afd5 #bcbadb #c7c6e1 #d2d1e7 #dddced #e8e8f3 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#babd81 Analogous#819cbd Analogous#a281bd Triadic#bd8481 Triadic#81bd84 Split complementary#bda281 Split complementary#9cbd81

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 30, 32, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8481bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 32 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 33 4 32

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 #8481bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8481bd; }
.text { color: #8481bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8481bd; }

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 #8481bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8481bd 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 #8481bd 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 #8481bd 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 #8481bd is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.