Medium purple

#8a86df

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

This is Medium purple, a strong blue at 243 degrees. 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 #8a86df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a86df

RGB138, 134, 223

HSL243, 58%, 70%

HSV243, 40%, 87%

CMYK38%, 40%, 0%, 13%

Lab59.69, 22.76, -44.92

XYZ32.33, 27.78, 73.47

Decimal9078495

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#716cd8 #5852d1 #3f39cb #352fb3 #2e2999 #26227f #1e1b66 #17144c #0f0d32 #070618

Tints of medium purple

#9491e2 #9f9be5 #a9a6e7 #b3b1ea #bebbed #c8c6f0 #d2d1f3 #dddcf6 #e7e6f8 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#dbdf86 Analogous#86afdf Analogous#b686df Triadic#df8a86 Triadic#86df8a Split complementary#dfb686 Split complementary#afdf86

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 38, 40, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a86df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 40 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 41 4 19

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 #8a86df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a86df; }
.text { color: #8a86df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a86df; }

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 #8a86df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a86df 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 #8a86df 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 #8a86df 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 #8a86df are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.