Medium purple

#ba91eb

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 267 degrees. 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 #ba91eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ba91eb
RGB186, 145, 235
HSL267, 69%, 75%
HSV267, 38%, 92%
CMYK21%, 38%, 0%, 8%
Lab67.04, 32.82, -39.73
XYZ45.37, 36.69, 83.29
Decimal12227051
Web safe#cc99ff
Pantone2645 C
Pantone2645 CHex#ba91ebRgb186 145 235Cmyk21 38 0 8Lab67 33 -40Darker#6f24c9Deep#9455e0Lighter#e0cff4

Shades of medium purple

Tints of medium purple

Colors that go with medium purple

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 21, 38, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ba91eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
21 38 0 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
23 39 4 14
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 #ba91eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ba91eb; }
.text { color: #ba91eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ba91eb; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ba91eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.52:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.34:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ba91eb 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 #ba91eb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ba91eb and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #ba91eb 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.