Medium purple

#886ee2

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #886ee2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#886ee2

RGB136, 110, 226

HSL253, 67%, 66%

HSV253, 51%, 89%

CMYK40%, 51%, 0%, 11%

Lab53.9, 37.09, -55.82

XYZ29.46, 21.88, 74.62

Decimal8941282

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#7355dd #5e3bd8 #4d29cc #4424b2 #3a1f99 #30197f #271466 #1d0f4c #130a33 #0a0519

Tints of medium purple

#937be5 #9d88e7 #a895ea #b3a2ec #bdafef #c8bcf2 #d3c9f4 #ddd6f7 #e8e3f9 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c8e26e Analogous#6e8ee2 Analogous#c26ee2 Triadic#e2886e Triadic#6ee288 Split complementary#e2c26e Split complementary#8ee26e

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 40, 51, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #886ee2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 51 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 51 4 17

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 #886ee2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #886ee2; }
.text { color: #886ee2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #886ee2; }

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 #886ee2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #886ee2 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 #886ee2 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 #886ee2 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 #886ee2 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.