Medium purple

#8d79ca

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

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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 #8d79ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d79ca

RGB141, 121, 202

HSL255, 43%, 63%

HSV255, 40%, 79%

CMYK30%, 40%, 0%, 21%

Lab55.69, 25.6, -39.39

XYZ28.48, 23.6, 58.93

Decimal9271754

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#7b64c2 #694fb9 #5c43a9 #503a94 #45327f #3a2a6a #2e2255 #231940 #17112b #0c0916

Tints of medium purple

#9785cf #a291d4 #ac9dd8 #b6a9dd #c1b6e2 #cbc2e7 #d5ceec #dfdaf0 #eae6f5 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b6ca79 Analogous#798dca Analogous#b579ca Triadic#ca8d79 Triadic#79ca8d Split complementary#cab579 Split complementary#8dca79

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 30, 40, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d79ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 40 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 41 4 27

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 #8d79ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d79ca; }
.text { color: #8d79ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d79ca; }

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 #8d79ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d79ca 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 #8d79ca 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 #8d79ca 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 #8d79ca is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.