Medium purple

#8181c8

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

Medium purple sits in the blue band, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8181c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8181c8

RGB129, 129, 200

HSL240, 39%, 65%

HSV240, 36%, 78%

CMYK36%, 36%, 0%, 22%

Lab56.62, 16.99, -36.86

XYZ27.33, 24.54, 57.94

Decimal8487368

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of medium purple

#6c6cbf #5757b6 #4949a7 #404092 #37377d #2e2e68 #252554 #1b1b3f #12122a #090915

Tints of medium purple

#8c8ccd #9898d2 #a3a3d7 #aeaedc #babae1 #c5c5e6 #d1d1eb #dcdcf0 #e7e7f5 #f3f3fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c8c881 Analogous#81a4c8 Analogous#a481c8 Triadic#c88181 Triadic#81c881 Split complementary#c8a481 Split complementary#a4c881

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 36, 36, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8181c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 36 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 37 4 28

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

Medium purple in css

Copy #8181c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8181c8; }
.text { color: #8181c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8181c8; }

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 #8181c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8181c8 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 #8181c8 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 #8181c8 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

Every value on this page for #8181c8 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.