Medium purple

#998fce

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 soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #998fce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#998fce
RGB153, 143, 206
HSL250, 39%, 68%
HSV250, 31%, 81%
CMYK26%, 31%, 0%, 19%
Lab62.4, 17.35, -31.09
XYZ34.1, 30.87, 62.55
Decimal10063822
Web safe#9999cc
Pantone271 C
Pantone271 CHex#998fceRgb153 143 206Cmyk26 31 0 19Lab62 17 -31Darker#4c3f8fDeep#6c5db8Lighter#c7c2e2

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 26, 31, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #998fce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
26 31 0 19
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
28 33 4 25
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 #998fce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #998fce; }
.text { color: #998fce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #998fce; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #998fce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.93:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.17:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #998fce 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 #998fce sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #998fce and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #998fce 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.