Medium purple

#8a81c6

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 grounded. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8a81c6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a81c6

RGB138, 129, 198

HSL248, 38%, 64%

HSV248, 35%, 78%

CMYK30%, 35%, 0%, 22%

Lab57.25, 19.02, -34.69

XYZ28.52, 25.18, 56.78

Decimal9077190

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#776dbd #6458b4 #564aa4 #4b4190 #40387b #362e67 #2b2552 #201c3e #161329 #0b0a15

Tints of medium purple

#958ccb #9f98d0 #aaa3d5 #b4aedb #bfbae0 #c9c5e5 #d4d1ea #dedcef #e9e7f4 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#bdc681 Analogous#819ac6 Analogous#ac81c6 Triadic#c68a81 Triadic#81c68a Split complementary#c6ac81 Split complementary#9ac681

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 30, 35, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a81c6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 35 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 36 4 28

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #8a81c6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a81c6; }
.text { color: #8a81c6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a81c6; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8a81c6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a81c6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8a81c6 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8a81c6 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 #8a81c6 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.