Medium purple

#b08cd8

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 268 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #b08cd8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b08cd8

RGB176, 140, 216

HSL268, 49%, 70%

HSV268, 35%, 85%

CMYK19%, 35%, 0%, 15%

Lab64.12, 28.36, -33.85

XYZ39.68, 32.94, 69.23

Decimal11570392

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9f74d0 #8f5bc8 #7e43bf #6e39a9 #5e3190 #4e2978 #3e2060 #2f1847 #1f102f #0f0817

Tints of medium purple

#b796db #bea0df #c5abe2 #ccb5e6 #d3bfe9 #dac9ed #e1d3f0 #e8ddf4 #efe8f7 #f6f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b4d88c Analogous#8c8ed8 Analogous#d68cd8 Triadic#d8b08c Triadic#8cd8b0 Split complementary#d8d68c Split complementary#8ed88c

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 19, 35, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b08cd8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 35 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 36 4 21

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 #b08cd8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b08cd8; }
.text { color: #b08cd8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b08cd8; }

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 #b08cd8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b08cd8 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 #b08cd8 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 #b08cd8 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

The figures for #b08cd8 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.