Medium purple

#b97be8

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 274 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 #b97be8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b97be8

RGB185, 123, 232

HSL274, 70%, 70%

HSV274, 47%, 91%

CMYK20%, 47%, 0%, 9%

Lab61.92, 43.94, -46.13

XYZ41.66, 30.31, 80.0

Decimal12155880

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone528 C

Shades of medium purple

#aa5fe3 #9c44de #8d28da #7c21c0 #6a1da4 #581889 #46136d #340e51 #230936 #11051a

Tints of medium purple

#bf87ea #c592ec #cc9eee #d2aaf0 #d8b5f2 #dec1f4 #e4cdf6 #ebd8f8 #f1e4fa #f7f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#aae87b Analogous#827be8 Analogous#e87be1 Triadic#e8b97b Triadic#7be8b9 Split complementary#e1e87b Split complementary#7be883

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 47, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b97be8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 47 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 47 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 #b97be8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b97be8; }
.text { color: #b97be8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b97be8; }

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 #b97be8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b97be8 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 #b97be8 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 #b97be8 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

The figures for #b97be8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.