Medium purple

#c291fa

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

This is Medium purple, a vivid purple at 268 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 #c291fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c291fa

RGB194, 145, 250

HSL268, 91%, 77%

HSV268, 42%, 98%

CMYK22%, 42%, 0%, 2%

Lab68.48, 38.5, -45.65

XYZ49.63, 38.62, 95.28

Decimal12751354

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of medium purple

#af6ef8 #9b4bf7 #8828f5 #750bee #6409cc #5308a9 #420686 #310463 #1f0340 #0e011d

Tints of medium purple

#c79afa #cca4fb #d1adfb #d7b6fc #dcbffc #e1c9fd #e6d2fd #ebdbfd #f0e5fe #f6eefe

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c9fa91 Analogous#9194fa Analogous#f691fa Triadic#fac291 Triadic#91fac2 Split complementary#faf791 Split complementary#94fa91

Medium purple in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 22, 42, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c291fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 42 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 43 4 8

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 #c291fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c291fa; }
.text { color: #c291fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c291fa; }

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 #c291fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c291fa 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 #c291fa 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 #c291fa 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 #c291fa are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.