Medium purple

#b289fa

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 relaxed cast. 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 #b289fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b289fa

RGB178, 137, 250

HSL262, 92%, 76%

HSV262, 45%, 98%

CMYK29%, 45%, 0%, 2%

Lab65.17, 38.57, -50.97

XYZ44.56, 34.26, 94.71

Decimal11700730

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#9c67f9 #8545f7 #6f22f6 #5b0aeb #4e08c8 #4107a6 #330684 #260462 #190340 #0b011d

Tints of medium purple

#b993fa #bf9dfb #c6a7fb #ccb1fc #d3bbfc #d9c6fd #e0d0fd #e7dafd #ede4fe #f4eefe

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#d1fa89 Analogous#8999fa Analogous#ea89fa Triadic#fab289 Triadic#89fab2 Split complementary#faeb89 Split complementary#98fa89

Medium purple in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 29, 45, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b289fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 45 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 45 4 8

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 #b289fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b289fa; }
.text { color: #b289fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b289fa; }

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 #b289fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b289fa 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 #b289fa 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 #b289fa 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 #b289fa are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.