Medium purple

#b27cd9

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

This is Medium purple, a strong purple at 275 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 #b27cd9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b27cd9

RGB178, 124, 217

HSL275, 55%, 67%

HSV275, 43%, 85%

CMYK18%, 43%, 0%, 15%

Lab60.68, 38.1, -39.75

XYZ38.09, 28.89, 69.21

Decimal11697369

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of medium purple

#a464d2 #964ccb #8738c0 #7631a8 #652a90 #542378 #431c60 #321548 #220e30 #110718

Tints of medium purple

#b988dc #c093e0 #c79fe3 #ceabe7 #d4b7ea #dbc2ed #e2cef1 #e9daf4 #f0e5f8 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a3d97c Analogous#837cd9 Analogous#d97cd2 Triadic#d9b27c Triadic#7cd9b2 Split complementary#d2d97c Split complementary#7cd983

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 18, 43, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b27cd9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 43 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 44 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #b27cd9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b27cd9; }
.text { color: #b27cd9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b27cd9; }

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 #b27cd9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b27cd9 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 #b27cd9 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 #b27cd9 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

Here is how the numbers for #b27cd9 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.