Medium purple

#856ace

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 purple at 256 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #856ace, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#856ace

RGB133, 106, 206

HSL256, 51%, 61%

HSV256, 49%, 81%

CMYK35%, 49%, 0%, 19%

Lab51.55, 33.26, -48.25

XYZ25.97, 19.75, 60.84

Decimal8743630

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium purple

#7455c7 #6240c0 #5738ab #4d3196 #422a81 #37236c #2c1c57 #211641 #170f2c #0c0817

Tints of medium purple

#9078d2 #9b85d7 #a693db #b1a0e0 #bdaee4 #c8bbe9 #d3c9ed #ded6f2 #e9e4f6 #f4f2fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b3ce6a Analogous#6a81ce Analogous#b76ace Triadic#ce856a Triadic#6ace85 Split complementary#ceb76a Split complementary#81ce6a

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 35, 49, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #856ace on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 49 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 49 4 25

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 #856ace straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #856ace; }
.text { color: #856ace; }
.border { border: 2px solid #856ace; }

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 #856ace against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #856ace 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 #856ace 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 #856ace 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 #856ace 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 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.