Medium purple

#8d8dee

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

Medium purple sits in the blue band, light and strong. 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 #8d8dee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d8dee

RGB141, 141, 238

HSL240, 74%, 74%

HSV240, 41%, 93%

CMYK41%, 41%, 0%, 7%

Lab62.41, 23.59, -48.93

XYZ35.94, 30.89, 84.96

Decimal9276910

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone659 C

Shades of medium purple

#6f6fe9 #5050e5 #3232e0 #1f1fd1 #1b1bb2 #161694 #121276 #0d0d57 #080839 #04041b

Tints of medium purple

#9797ef #a1a1f1 #ababf2 #b4b4f4 #bebef5 #c8c8f7 #d2d2f8 #dcdcfa #e6e6fb #efeffd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#eeee8d Analogous#8dbdee Analogous#bd8dee Triadic#ee8d8d Triadic#8dee8d Split complementary#eebe8d Split complementary#beee8d

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 41, 41, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d8dee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 41 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 42 4 13

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 #8d8dee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d8dee; }
.text { color: #8d8dee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d8dee; }

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 #8d8dee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d8dee 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 #8d8dee 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 #8d8dee 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

The figures for #8d8dee come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.