Medium purple

#897aa7

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

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and muted. 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 #897aa7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#897aa7

RGB137, 122, 167

HSL260, 20%, 57%

HSV260, 27%, 65%

CMYK18%, 27%, 0%, 35%

Lab54.06, 15.16, -21.89

XYZ24.25, 22.03, 39.53

Decimal9009831

Web safe#996699

Pantone272 C

Shades of medium purple

#7b6a9d #6f5e8f #63547f #574a70 #4a4060 #3e3551 #322b41 #262132 #1a1622 #0e0c12

Tints of medium purple

#9486af #9f92b7 #aa9fbf #b4abc7 #bfb7cf #cac3d8 #d5d0e0 #e0dce8 #ebe8f0 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#98a77a Analogous#7a82a7 Analogous#9f7aa7 Triadic#a7897a Triadic#7aa789 Split complementary#a7a07a Split complementary#82a77a

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 18, 27, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #897aa7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 27 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 29 4 41

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 #897aa7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #897aa7; }
.text { color: #897aa7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #897aa7; }

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 #897aa7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #897aa7 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 #897aa7 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 #897aa7 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

Here is how the numbers for #897aa7 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.