Medium purple

#b495fd

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

This is Medium purple, a vivid purple at 258 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #b495fd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b495fd

RGB180, 149, 253

HSL258, 96%, 79%

HSV258, 41%, 99%

CMYK29%, 41%, 0%, 1%

Lab68.23, 33.15, -47.76

XYZ47.3, 38.29, 97.83

Decimal11834877

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#9a71fc #804cfc #6728fb #4d05f9 #4204d4 #3703b0 #2b038b #200267 #150142 #09011e

Tints of medium purple

#ba9efd #c1a7fd #c7b0fe #cdb8fe #d3c1fe #dacafe #e0d3fe #e6dcfe #ece5ff #f3edff

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#defd95 Analogous#95aafd Analogous#e895fd Triadic#fdb495 Triadic#95fdb4 Split complementary#fde895 Split complementary#aafd95

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 29, 41, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b495fd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 41 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 42 4 7

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #b495fd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b495fd; }
.text { color: #b495fd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b495fd; }

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 #b495fd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b495fd 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 #b495fd 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 #b495fd 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 #b495fd 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.