Medium purple

#9c8fd6

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 open. 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 #9c8fd6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c8fd6

RGB156, 143, 214

HSL251, 46%, 70%

HSV251, 33%, 84%

CMYK27%, 33%, 0%, 16%

Lab62.98, 20.21, -34.63

XYZ35.67, 31.57, 67.83

Decimal10260438

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of medium purple

#8777cd #725fc5 #5d47bc #503da6 #44348e #392b76 #2d225e #221a46 #16112e #0b0816

Tints of medium purple

#a599da #ada3dd #b6ade1 #bfb7e4 #c8c0e8 #d0caec #d9d4ef #e2def3 #ebe8f7 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c9d68f Analogous#8fa6d6 Analogous#bf8fd6 Triadic#d69c8f Triadic#8fd69c Split complementary#d6c08f Split complementary#a5d68f

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 27, 33, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c8fd6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 33 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 34 4 22

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

Medium purple in css

Copy #9c8fd6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c8fd6; }
.text { color: #9c8fd6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c8fd6; }

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 #9c8fd6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c8fd6 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 #9c8fd6 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 #9c8fd6 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 #9c8fd6 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.