Medium purple

#9284ca

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

Medium purple is a mid blue that reads confident. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #9284ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9284ca

RGB146, 132, 202

HSL252, 40%, 65%

HSV252, 35%, 79%

CMYK28%, 35%, 0%, 21%

Lab58.86, 20.63, -34.39

XYZ30.77, 26.88, 59.44

Decimal9602250

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#7f6fc1 #6c5ab8 #5c49aa #514095 #45377f #3a2e6a #2e2555 #231b40 #17122b #0c0915

Tints of medium purple

#9c8fcf #a69ad4 #afa5d8 #b9b0dd #c3bbe2 #cdc6e7 #d7d1eb #e0dcf0 #eae7f5 #f4f3fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#bcca84 Analogous#8499ca Analogous#b584ca Triadic#ca9284 Triadic#84ca92 Split complementary#cab584 Split complementary#99ca84

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 28, 35, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9284ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 35 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 36 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 #9284ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9284ca; }
.text { color: #9284ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9284ca; }

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 #9284ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9284ca 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 #9284ca 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 #9284ca 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 #9284ca 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.