Medium purple

#b280ec

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 open 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 #b280ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b280ec

RGB178, 128, 236

HSL268, 74%, 71%

HSV268, 46%, 93%

CMYK25%, 46%, 0%, 7%

Lab62.47, 40.22, -47.52

XYZ41.22, 30.96, 83.16

Decimal11698412

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#a063e8 #8f46e3 #7d29df #6d1ec9 #5d1aac #4d158f #3e1172 #2e0d55 #1e0838 #0e041b

Tints of medium purple

#b98bee #c096ef #c6a1f1 #cdadf3 #d4b8f4 #dbc3f6 #e1cef8 #e8d9f9 #efe4fb #f6effd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#baec80 Analogous#8084ec Analogous#e880ec Triadic#ecb280 Triadic#80ecb2 Split complementary#ece880 Split complementary#84ec80

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 46, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b280ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 46 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 46 4 13

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

Medium purple in css

Copy #b280ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b280ec; }
.text { color: #b280ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b280ec; }

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 #b280ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b280ec 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 #b280ec 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 #b280ec 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 #b280ec come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.