Medium purple

#8d79eb

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 251 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8d79eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d79eb

RGB141, 121, 235

HSL251, 74%, 70%

HSV251, 49%, 92%

CMYK40%, 49%, 0%, 8%

Lab57.4, 34.39, -55.23

XYZ32.82, 25.34, 81.76

Decimal9271787

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#755de7 #5d40e3 #4524de #3b1dc5 #3219a8 #2a158c #211170 #190c53 #100837 #08041b

Tints of medium purple

#9785ed #a191ef #ab9df0 #b5a8f2 #bfb4f4 #c9c0f6 #d4ccf7 #ded8f9 #e8e4fb #f2effd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d7eb79 Analogous#799eeb Analogous#c679eb Triadic#eb8d79 Triadic#79eb8d Split complementary#ebc679 Split complementary#9eeb79

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 40, 49, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d79eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 49 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 49 4 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #8d79eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d79eb; }
.text { color: #8d79eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d79eb; }

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 #8d79eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d79eb 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 #8d79eb 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 #8d79eb 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 #8d79eb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.