Medium purple

#9c8cdc

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 blue at 252 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #9c8cdc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c8cdc

RGB156, 140, 220

HSL252, 53%, 71%

HSV252, 36%, 86%

CMYK29%, 36%, 0%, 14%

Lab62.5, 23.42, -38.73

XYZ36.01, 30.99, 71.79

Decimal10259676

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#8673d4 #7159cd #5b40c5 #4e35af #422e96 #37267c #2c1e63 #21174a #160f31 #0a0717

Tints of medium purple

#a596df #ada0e2 #b6aae5 #bfb5e8 #c8bfeb #d0c9ef #d9d3f2 #e2ddf5 #eae7f8 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#ccdc8c Analogous#8ca4dc Analogous#c48cdc Triadic#dc9c8c Triadic#8cdc9c Split complementary#dcc48c Split complementary#a4dc8c

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 29, 36, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c8cdc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 36 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 37 4 20

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 #9c8cdc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c8cdc; }
.text { color: #9c8cdc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c8cdc; }

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 #9c8cdc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c8cdc 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 #9c8cdc 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 #9c8cdc 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 #9c8cdc 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. 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.