Medium purple

#b98ded

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, light and strong. 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 #b98ded, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b98ded

RGB185, 141, 237

HSL267, 73%, 74%

HSV267, 41%, 93%

CMYK22%, 41%, 0%, 7%

Lab66.12, 35.21, -42.28

XYZ44.82, 35.48, 84.61

Decimal12160493

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#a76fe8 #9451e4 #8233df #7021ce #601cb0 #501792 #3f1274 #2f0e56 #1f0938 #0e041a

Tints of medium purple

#bf97ef #c5a1f0 #cbabf2 #d1b4f3 #d7bef5 #ddc8f6 #e3d2f8 #e9dcf9 #efe6fb #f6f0fd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c1ed8d Analogous#8d91ed Analogous#e98ded Triadic#edb98d Triadic#8dedb9 Split complementary#ede98d Split complementary#91ed8d

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 22, 41, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b98ded on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 41 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 42 4 13

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium purple in css

Copy #b98ded straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b98ded; }
.text { color: #b98ded; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b98ded; }

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 #b98ded against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b98ded against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b98ded 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b98ded 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 #b98ded are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.