Medium purple

#8b6fc2

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

Medium purple is a mid purple with a balanced cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8b6fc2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8b6fc2

RGB139, 111, 194

HSL260, 40%, 60%

HSV260, 43%, 76%

CMYK28%, 43%, 0%, 24%

Lab52.68, 28.84, -39.58

XYZ26.07, 20.75, 53.67

Decimal9138114

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone272 C

Shades of medium purple

#7b5cba #6d4ab0 #61429c #553a89 #493276 #3d2a63 #31224f #25193c #191129 #0d0915

Tints of medium purple

#967cc8 #a089cd #ab96d3 #b5a4d8 #c0b1de #cbbee3 #d5cbe9 #e0d8ef #eae5f4 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a6c26f Analogous#6f7cc2 Analogous#b46fc2 Triadic#c28b6f Triadic#6fc28b Split complementary#c2b56f Split complementary#7cc26f

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 28, 43, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8b6fc2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 43 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 44 4 30

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 #8b6fc2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8b6fc2; }
.text { color: #8b6fc2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8b6fc2; }

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 #8b6fc2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8b6fc2 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 #8b6fc2 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 #8b6fc2 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #8b6fc2 are worked out. 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.