Medium purple

#8a76ed

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 open. 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 #8a76ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a76ed

RGB138, 118, 237

HSL250, 77%, 70%

HSV250, 50%, 93%

CMYK42%, 50%, 0%, 7%

Lab56.56, 35.97, -57.7

XYZ32.25, 24.47, 83.15

Decimal9074413

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#7259e9 #593de5 #4120e2 #371ac7 #2f16aa #27138e #1f0f71 #170b54 #0f0738 #08041b

Tints of medium purple

#9482ef #9f8ef0 #a99af2 #b3a6f3 #beb3f5 #c8bff7 #d2cbf8 #ddd7fa #e7e3fb #f2effd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d9ed76 Analogous#769ded Analogous#c676ed Triadic#ed8a76 Triadic#76ed8a Split complementary#edc676 Split complementary#9ded76

Medium purple in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 42, 50, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a76ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 50 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 50 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #8a76ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a76ed; }
.text { color: #8a76ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a76ed; }

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 #8a76ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a76ed 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 #8a76ed 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 #8a76ed 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

Every value on this page for #8a76ed is computed, not guessed. 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.