Medium purple

#b397fa

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 soft 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 #b397fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b397fa

RGB179, 151, 250

HSL257, 91%, 79%

HSV257, 40%, 98%

CMYK28%, 40%, 0%, 2%

Lab68.47, 31.03, -45.75

XYZ46.91, 38.62, 95.42

Decimal11769850

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of medium purple

#9974f8 #7f50f7 #662df5 #4d0cf1 #410ace #3608ab #2b0787 #200564 #140341 #09011d

Tints of medium purple

#b9a0fa #c0a8fb #c6b1fb #ccbafc #d3c2fc #d9cbfd #dfd4fd #e6ddfd #ece5fe #f3eefe

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#defa97 Analogous#97acfa Analogous#e597fa Triadic#fab397 Triadic#97fab3 Split complementary#fae497 Split complementary#adfa97

Medium purple in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 28, 40, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b397fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 40 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 41 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #b397fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b397fa; }
.text { color: #b397fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b397fa; }

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 #b397fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b397fa 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 #b397fa 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 #b397fa 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 #b397fa are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.