Medium purple

#b37fd9

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

Medium purple is a mid purple with a balanced cast. 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 #b37fd9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b37fd9

RGB179, 127, 217

HSL275, 54%, 67%

HSV275, 41%, 85%

CMYK18%, 41%, 0%, 15%

Lab61.46, 36.74, -38.53

XYZ38.7, 29.77, 69.35

Decimal11763673

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of medium purple

#a567d2 #964fcb #8839c1 #7732a9 #662b90 #552478 #441d60 #331548 #220e30 #110718

Tints of medium purple

#ba8adc #c196e0 #c7a1e3 #ceade7 #d5b8ea #dcc4ed #e2cff1 #e9daf4 #f0e6f8 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a5d97f Analogous#867fd9 Analogous#d97fd2 Triadic#d9b37f Triadic#7fd9b3 Split complementary#d2d97f Split complementary#7fd986

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 18, 41, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b37fd9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 41 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 42 4 21

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

Medium purple in css

Copy #b37fd9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b37fd9; }
.text { color: #b37fd9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b37fd9; }

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 #b37fd9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b37fd9 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 #b37fd9 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 #b37fd9 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 #b37fd9 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.