Medium purple

#948abb

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, mid and muted. 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 #948abb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#948abb

RGB148, 138, 187

HSL252, 26%, 64%

HSV252, 26%, 73%

CMYK21%, 26%, 0%, 27%

Lab59.94, 14.11, -24.22

XYZ30.27, 28.06, 50.83

Decimal9734843

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of medium purple

#8377b0 #7265a5 #645796 #574c83 #4b4170 #3f375e #322c4b #262139 #191626 #0d0b13

Tints of medium purple

#9e95c1 #a79fc7 #b1aacd #bbb4d4 #c4bfda #cec9e0 #d8d4e6 #e1dfec #ebe9f2 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b1bb8a Analogous#8a98bb Analogous#ad8abb Triadic#bb948a Triadic#8abb94 Split complementary#bbad8a Split complementary#98bb8a

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 21, 26, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #948abb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 26 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 28 4 33

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 #948abb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #948abb; }
.text { color: #948abb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #948abb; }

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 #948abb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #948abb 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 #948abb 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 #948abb 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

Every value on this page for #948abb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.