Medium purple

#8880e3

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

Medium purple is a light blue that reads soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8880e3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8880e3
RGB136, 128, 227
HSL245, 64%, 70%
HSV245, 44%, 89%
CMYK40%, 44%, 0%, 11%
Lab58.24, 26.87, -49.45
XYZ31.74, 26.22, 76.06
Decimal8945891
Web safe#9999cc
Pantone2715 C
Pantone2715 CHex#8880e3Rgb136 128 227Cmyk40 44 0 11Lab58 27 -49Darker#3126aeDeep#5145d6Lighter#c1bded

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 40, 44, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8880e3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
40 44 0 11
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
41 44 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 #8880e3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8880e3; }
.text { color: #8880e3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8880e3; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8880e3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.36:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.24:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8880e3 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 #8880e3 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 #8880e3 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

Every value on this page for #8880e3 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.