Medium purple

#997ed1

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 260 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 #997ed1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#997ed1

RGB153, 126, 209

HSL260, 47%, 66%

HSV260, 40%, 82%

CMYK27%, 40%, 0%, 18%

Lab58.32, 27.88, -39.14

XYZ32.11, 26.3, 63.71

Decimal10059473

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#8768c9 #7651c1 #6640b4 #59389d #4c3087 #402870 #33205a #261843 #19102d #0d0817

Tints of medium purple

#a28ad5 #ab95d9 #b4a1dd #beace2 #c7b8e6 #d0c4ea #d9cfee #e2dbf2 #ebe6f6 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b6d17e Analogous#7e8cd1 Analogous#c27ed1 Triadic#d1997e Triadic#7ed199 Split complementary#d1c37e Split complementary#8dd17e

Medium purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 27, 40, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #997ed1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 40 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 41 4 24

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 #997ed1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #997ed1; }
.text { color: #997ed1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #997ed1; }

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 #997ed1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #997ed1 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 #997ed1 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 #997ed1 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 #997ed1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.