Medium purple

#b995ee

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 #b995ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b995ee

RGB185, 149, 238

HSL264, 72%, 76%

HSV264, 37%, 93%

CMYK22%, 37%, 0%, 7%

Lab68.01, 31.0, -39.88

XYZ46.19, 37.98, 85.79

Decimal12162542

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#a576e9 #9058e4 #7c39df #6922d3 #5a1db4 #4b1895 #3b1377 #2c0e58 #1d0939 #0d041a

Tints of medium purple

#bf9eef #c5a7f1 #cbb0f2 #d1b9f4 #d7c2f5 #ddcbf7 #e3d4f8 #e9ddfa #efe7fb #f5f0fd

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#caee95 Analogous#959dee Analogous#e595ee Triadic#eeb995 Triadic#95eeb9 Split complementary#eee595 Split complementary#9eee95

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, 37, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b995ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 37 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 38 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 #b995ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b995ee; }
.text { color: #b995ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b995ee; }

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 #b995ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b995ee 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 #b995ee 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 #b995ee 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 #b995ee 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.