Medium purple

#976eb3

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

This is Medium purple, a soft purple at 276 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #976eb3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#976eb3

RGB151, 110, 179

HSL276, 31%, 57%

HSV276, 39%, 70%

CMYK16%, 39%, 0%, 30%

Lab52.93, 29.41, -30.46

XYZ26.48, 20.99, 45.3

Decimal9924275

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium purple

#8b5daa #7e529c #70498b #62407a #553769 #472e58 #392547 #2c1c36 #1e1325 #100b14

Tints of medium purple

#a17bba #aa89c1 #b496c8 #bda3cf #c7b1d6 #d0bedd #dacbe4 #e3d9eb #ede6f2 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#8ab36e Analogous#756eb3 Analogous#b36eac Triadic#b3976e Triadic#6eb397 Split complementary#adb36e Split complementary#6eb374

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 39, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #976eb3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 39 0 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 40 4 36

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #976eb3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #976eb3; }
.text { color: #976eb3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #976eb3; }

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 #976eb3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #976eb3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #976eb3 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #976eb3 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

The figures for #976eb3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.