Medium purple

#8877b5

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

Medium purple is a mid purple with a balanced cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8877b5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8877b5
RGB136, 119, 181
HSL256, 30%, 59%
HSV256, 34%, 71%
CMYK25%, 34%, 0%, 29%
Lab53.78, 19.99, -30.41
XYZ25.09, 21.76, 46.59
Decimal8943541
Web safe#9966cc
Pantone272 C
Pantone272 CHex#8877b5Rgb136 119 181Cmyk25 34 0 29Lab54 20 -30Darker#443766Deep#635194Lighter#b1a7cc

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 25, 34, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8877b5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
25 34 0 29
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
27 35 4 35
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 #8877b5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8877b5; }
.text { color: #8877b5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8877b5; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8877b5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.92:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
5.35:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8877b5 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 #8877b5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #8877b5 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #8877b5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.