Medium purple

#b588df

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 271 degrees. 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 #b588df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b588df

RGB181, 136, 223

HSL271, 58%, 70%

HSV271, 39%, 87%

CMYK19%, 39%, 0%, 13%

Lab63.97, 33.66, -37.94

XYZ41.18, 32.76, 73.96

Decimal11897055

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#a56ed8 #9554d1 #853aca #7430b3 #63299a #532280 #421b66 #31144c #200d32 #100618

Tints of medium purple

#bc92e2 #c29de5 #c9a7e7 #cfb2ea #d6bced #dcc7f0 #e3d1f3 #e9dcf6 #f0e6f8 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#b2df88 Analogous#8988df Analogous#df88dd Triadic#dfb588 Triadic#88dfb5 Split complementary#dddf88 Split complementary#88df8a

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 19, 39, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b588df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 39 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 40 4 19

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 #b588df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b588df; }
.text { color: #b588df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b588df; }

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 #b588df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b588df 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 #b588df 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 #b588df 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 #b588df are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.