Medium purple

#b577e7

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 #b577e7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b577e7

RGB181, 119, 231

HSL273, 70%, 69%

HSV273, 48%, 91%

CMYK22%, 48%, 0%, 9%

Lab60.59, 44.79, -47.69

XYZ40.08, 28.79, 79.05

Decimal11892711

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone528 C

Shades of medium purple

#a65ce2 #9741dd #8926d8 #7721bd #661da2 #551887 #44136b #330e50 #220935 #10051a

Tints of medium purple

#bc83e9 #c28feb #c99bed #cfa7f0 #d6b3f2 #dcbff4 #e3ccf6 #ead8f8 #f0e4fa #f7f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a9e777 Analogous#7d77e7 Analogous#e777e1 Triadic#e7b577 Triadic#77e7b5 Split complementary#e1e777 Split complementary#77e77d

Medium purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 22, 48, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b577e7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 48 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 48 4 15

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 #b577e7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b577e7; }
.text { color: #b577e7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b577e7; }

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 #b577e7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b577e7 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 #b577e7 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 #b577e7 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

The figures for #b577e7 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.