Medium purple

#857bae

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 blue at 252 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 #857bae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#857bae

RGB133, 123, 174

HSL252, 24%, 58%

HSV252, 29%, 68%

CMYK24%, 29%, 0%, 32%

Lab54.25, 14.97, -25.67

XYZ24.4, 22.21, 43.05

Decimal8747950

Web safe#996699

Pantone272 C

Shades of medium purple

#766aa4 #685d97 #5d5387 #514876 #463e66 #3b3455 #2f2a44 #242034 #181623 #0d0c13

Tints of medium purple

#9087b5 #9b93bd #a79fc4 #b2abcc #bdb7d3 #c8c4db #d3d0e2 #dedce9 #eae8f1 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a4ae7b Analogous#7b8bae Analogous#9f7bae Triadic#ae857b Triadic#7bae85 Split complementary#ae9f7b Split complementary#8bae7b

Medium purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 24, 29, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #857bae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 29 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 31 4 38

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 #857bae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #857bae; }
.text { color: #857bae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #857bae; }

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 #857bae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #857bae 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 #857bae 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 #857bae 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

Here is how the numbers for #857bae are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.