Medium purple

#9c85ed

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

This is Medium purple, a strong blue at 253 degrees. 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 #9c85ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c85ed

RGB156, 133, 237

HSL253, 74%, 73%

HSV253, 44%, 93%

CMYK34%, 44%, 0%, 7%

Lab61.62, 31.78, -49.56

XYZ37.38, 29.96, 83.93

Decimal10257901

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#8467e9 #6c4ae4 #542ce0 #451ecc #3b1aaf #311591 #271173 #1d0d56 #130838 #09041b

Tints of medium purple

#a590ef #ad9af0 #b6a5f2 #bfb0f3 #c7baf5 #d0c5f6 #d8d0f8 #e1dafa #eae5fb #f2effd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d6ed85 Analogous#85a2ed Analogous#d085ed Triadic#ed9c85 Triadic#85ed9c Split complementary#edd085 Split complementary#a2ed85

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 34, 44, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c85ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 44 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 44 4 13

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

Medium purple in css

Copy #9c85ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c85ed; }
.text { color: #9c85ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c85ed; }

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 #9c85ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c85ed 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 #9c85ed 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 #9c85ed 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

Here is how the numbers for #9c85ed are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.