Medium purple

#8785e0

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

This is Medium purple, a strong blue at 241 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8785e0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8785e0

RGB135, 133, 224

HSL241, 59%, 70%

HSV241, 41%, 88%

CMYK40%, 41%, 0%, 12%

Lab59.26, 22.84, -46.18

XYZ31.83, 27.31, 74.11

Decimal8881632

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of medium purple

#6d6bd9 #5451d3 #3a37cc #312eb5 #2a279b #232181 #1c1a66 #15134c #0e0d32 #070618

Tints of medium purple

#9290e3 #9c9be5 #a7a5e8 #b1b0eb #bcbbee #c7c6f0 #d1d0f3 #dcdbf6 #e6e6f9 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#dee085 Analogous#85b0e0 Analogous#b585e0 Triadic#e08785 Triadic#85e087 Split complementary#e0b585 Split complementary#b0e085

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 40, 41, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8785e0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 41 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 42 4 18

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 #8785e0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8785e0; }
.text { color: #8785e0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8785e0; }

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 #8785e0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8785e0 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 #8785e0 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 #8785e0 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #8785e0 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 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.