Medium purple

#b978ea

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

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and strong. 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 #b978ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b978ea

RGB185, 120, 234

HSL274, 73%, 69%

HSV274, 49%, 92%

CMYK21%, 49%, 0%, 8%

Lab61.38, 46.0, -48.08

XYZ41.58, 29.69, 81.38

Decimal12155114

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone528 C

Shades of medium purple

#aa5ce6 #9c40e1 #8d24dd #7c1ec2 #6a1aa6 #58168a #46116e #350d52 #230836 #11041a

Tints of medium purple

#bf84ec #c590ee #cc9cf0 #d2a8f1 #d8b4f3 #dec0f5 #e4ccf7 #ebd8f9 #f1e4fb #f7f0fd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#a9ea78 Analogous#8078ea Analogous#ea78e2 Triadic#eab978 Triadic#78eab9 Split complementary#e2ea78 Split complementary#78ea80

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 21, 49, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b978ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 49 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 49 4 14

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 #b978ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b978ea; }
.text { color: #b978ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b978ea; }

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 #b978ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b978ea 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 #b978ea 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 #b978ea 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 #b978ea 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.