Medium purple

#8b60a7

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

This is Medium purple, a muted purple at 276 degrees. 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 #8b60a7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8b60a7

RGB139, 96, 167

HSL276, 29%, 52%

HSV276, 43%, 65%

CMYK17%, 43%, 0%, 35%

Lab47.81, 31.05, -31.56

XYZ21.81, 16.64, 38.62

Decimal9134247

Web safe#996699

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium purple

#7f559a #734d8b #67457c #5a3d6d #4e345e #422c50 #352441 #291b32 #1d1323 #100b14

Tints of medium purple

#966faf #a17eb7 #ab8cbf #b69bc8 #c1aad0 #ccb9d8 #d6c7e0 #e1d6e8 #ece5f0 #f7f4f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#7ca760 Analogous#6760a7 Analogous#a760a0 Triadic#a78b60 Triadic#60a78b Split complementary#9fa760 Split complementary#60a768

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 43, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8b60a7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 43 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 44 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #8b60a7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8b60a7; }
.text { color: #8b60a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8b60a7; }

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 #8b60a7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8b60a7 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 #8b60a7 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 #8b60a7 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 #8b60a7 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.