Medium purple

#9a80ca

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

Medium purple is a mid purple with a grounded cast. 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 #9a80ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9a80ca

RGB154, 128, 202

HSL261, 41%, 65%

HSV261, 37%, 79%

CMYK24%, 37%, 0%, 21%

Lab58.58, 25.32, -34.78

XYZ31.71, 26.57, 59.34

Decimal10125514

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#896bc1 #7856b8 #6947a9 #5c3e94 #4f357f #422c6a #352355 #281b40 #1b122b #0d0916

Tints of medium purple

#a38bcf #ac97d4 #b5a2d8 #beaedd #c7b9e2 #d1c5e7 #dad0eb #e3dcf0 #ece7f5 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b0ca80 Analogous#808bca Analogous#bf80ca Triadic#ca9a80 Triadic#80ca9a Split complementary#cabf80 Split complementary#8bca80

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 24, 37, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9a80ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 37 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 38 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 #9a80ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9a80ca; }
.text { color: #9a80ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9a80ca; }

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 #9a80ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9a80ca 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 #9a80ca 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 #9a80ca 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

Every value on this page for #9a80ca is computed, not guessed. 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.