Medium purple

#8578ba

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

Medium purple sits in the blue band, mid and soft. 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 #8578ba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8578ba

RGB133, 120, 186

HSL252, 32%, 60%

HSV252, 35%, 73%

CMYK28%, 35%, 0%, 27%

Lab53.99, 19.75, -32.97

XYZ25.25, 21.96, 49.36

Decimal8747194

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone272 C

Shades of medium purple

#7566b1 #6555a6 #5a4c94 #4f4282 #44396f #39305d #2e264b #221d39 #171426 #0c0a14

Tints of medium purple

#9084c0 #9b91c7 #a69dcd #b2a9d3 #bdb6d9 #c8c2e0 #d3cee6 #dedbec #e9e7f3 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#adba78 Analogous#788cba Analogous#a678ba Triadic#ba8578 Triadic#78ba85 Split complementary#baa678 Split complementary#8cba78

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 28, 35, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8578ba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 35 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 36 4 33

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 #8578ba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8578ba; }
.text { color: #8578ba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8578ba; }

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 #8578ba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8578ba 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 #8578ba 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 #8578ba 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 #8578ba 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.