Medium purple

#b372dc

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

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and strong. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #b372dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b372dc
RGB179, 114, 220
HSL277, 60%, 65%
HSV277, 48%, 86%
CMYK19%, 48%, 0%, 14%
Lab58.78, 44.5, -44.43
XYZ37.53, 26.79, 70.9
Decimal11760348
Web safe#cc66cc
Pantone528 C
Pantone528 CHex#b372dcRgb179 114 220Cmyk19 48 0 14Lab59 44 -44Darker#6d2699Deep#9439ceLighter#d1aee7

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 19, 48, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b372dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
19 48 0 14
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
21 48 4 20
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 #b372dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b372dc; }
.text { color: #b372dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b372dc; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b372dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.30:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.36:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b372dc 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 #b372dc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #b372dc and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #b372dc are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.