Medium purple

#b372ea

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 273 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 #b372ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b372ea

RGB179, 114, 234

HSL273, 74%, 68%

HSV273, 51%, 92%

CMYK24%, 51%, 0%, 8%

Lab59.49, 47.62, -51.13

XYZ39.46, 27.56, 81.08

Decimal11760362

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium purple

#a456e6 #953be2 #8621dc #751dc0 #6419a5 #541489 #43106e #320c52 #210836 #10041b

Tints of medium purple

#ba7fec #c18bee #c798f0 #cea4f1 #d5b1f3 #dcbdf5 #e2caf7 #e9d6f9 #f0e3fb #f7effd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a9ea72 Analogous#7772ea Analogous#ea72e5 Triadic#eab372 Triadic#72eab3 Split complementary#e5ea72 Split complementary#72ea77

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 24, 51, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b372ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 51 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 51 4 14

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 #b372ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b372ea; }
.text { color: #b372ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b372ea; }

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 #b372ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b372ea 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 #b372ea 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 #b372ea 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

Here is how the numbers for #b372ea 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.