Medium purple

#b372dd

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 276 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 #b372dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b372dd

RGB179, 114, 221

HSL276, 61%, 66%

HSV276, 48%, 87%

CMYK19%, 48%, 0%, 13%

Lab58.82, 44.72, -44.91

XYZ37.66, 26.84, 71.6

Decimal11760349

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of medium purple

#a659d7 #9941d1 #8a2fc4 #7929ac #672493 #561e7b #451862 #34124a #230c31 #110619

Tints of medium purple

#ba7fe0 #c18be3 #c798e6 #cea5e9 #d5b1ec #dcbeef #e3cbf2 #ead7f5 #f0e4f8 #f7f1fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#9cdd72 Analogous#7e72dd Analogous#dd72d1 Triadic#ddb372 Triadic#72ddb3 Split complementary#d2dd72 Split complementary#72dd7d

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 19, 48, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b372dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 48 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 48 4 19

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 #b372dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b372dd; }
.text { color: #b372dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b372dd; }

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 #b372dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b372dd 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 #b372dd 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 #b372dd 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 #b372dd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.