Medium purple

#b077d3

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 purple at 277 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #b077d3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b077d3
RGB176, 119, 211
HSL277, 51%, 65%
HSV277, 44%, 83%
CMYK17%, 44%, 0%, 17%
Lab59.09, 38.96, -38.89
XYZ36.26, 27.13, 64.95
Decimal11565011
Web safe#9966cc
Pantone528 C
Pantone528 CHex#b077d3Rgb176 119 211Cmyk17 44 0 17Lab59 39 -39Darker#692e8dDeep#9141c2Lighter#cfb0e2

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 17, 44, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b077d3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
17 44 0 17
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
20 44 4 23
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 #b077d3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b077d3; }
.text { color: #b077d3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b077d3; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b077d3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.27:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.43:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b077d3 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 #b077d3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #b077d3 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium purple, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #b077d3 are worked out. 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.