Medium purple

#858ac1

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

Medium purple is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #858ac1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#858ac1

RGB133, 138, 193

HSL235, 33%, 64%

HSV235, 31%, 76%

CMYK31%, 28%, 0%, 24%

Lab58.99, 11.0, -29.19

XYZ28.39, 27.01, 54.17

Decimal8751809

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of medium purple

#7177b7 #5e64ad #50569d #464c8a #3c4176 #323663 #282b4f #1e213b #141628 #0a0b14

Tints of medium purple

#9095c7 #9b9fcc #a6aad2 #b1b4d7 #bcbfdd #c7c9e3 #d2d4e8 #dddfee #e8e9f3 #f3f4f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c1bc85 Analogous#85a8c1 Analogous#9e85c1 Triadic#c1858a Triadic#8ac185 Split complementary#c19e85 Split complementary#a8c185

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 31, 28, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #858ac1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 28 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 30 4 30

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 #858ac1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #858ac1; }
.text { color: #858ac1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #858ac1; }

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 #858ac1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #858ac1 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 #858ac1 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 #858ac1 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 #858ac1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.