Medium purple

#9c81f5

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

Medium purple is a light blue that reads soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #9c81f5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c81f5

RGB156, 129, 245

HSL254, 85%, 73%

HSV254, 47%, 96%

CMYK36%, 47%, 0%, 4%

Lab61.1, 36.16, -54.8

XYZ38.04, 29.36, 90.05

Decimal10256885

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#8361f2 #6a41f0 #5122ed #4011db #370fbb #2e0c9c #240a7c #1b075c #12053c #08021c

Tints of medium purple

#a58cf6 #ad97f7 #b6a2f8 #beadf8 #c7b8f9 #d0c3fa #d8cefb #e1d9fc #e9e4fd #f2eefe

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#daf581 Analogous#81a0f5 Analogous#d681f5 Triadic#f59c81 Triadic#81f59c Split complementary#f5d681 Split complementary#a0f581

Medium purple in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 36, 47, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c81f5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 47 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 47 4 10

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #9c81f5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c81f5; }
.text { color: #9c81f5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c81f5; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9c81f5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c81f5 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 #9c81f5 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 #9c81f5 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 #9c81f5 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.