Medium purple

#b178ef

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

Medium purple is a light purple with a soft cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #b178ef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b178ef

RGB177, 120, 239

HSL269, 79%, 70%

HSV269, 50%, 94%

CMYK26%, 50%, 0%, 6%

Lab60.79, 45.02, -51.85

XYZ40.43, 29.01, 85.13

Decimal11630831

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#a05bec #8f3de8 #7e20e5 #6e18cc #5e15ae #4e1191 #3e0e73 #2f0a56 #1f0739 #0f031b

Tints of medium purple

#b884f0 #bf90f2 #c69cf3 #cda8f5 #d3b4f6 #dabff7 #e1cbf9 #e8d7fa #efe3fc #f6effd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b6ef78 Analogous#787aef Analogous#ed78ef Triadic#efb178 Triadic#78efb1 Split complementary#efed78 Split complementary#7aef78

Medium purple in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 26, 50, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b178ef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 50 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 50 4 12

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #b178ef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b178ef; }
.text { color: #b178ef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b178ef; }

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 #b178ef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b178ef 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 #b178ef 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 #b178ef 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 #b178ef are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.