Medium purple

#8b72b5

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

Medium purple is a mid purple with a confident cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8b72b5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8b72b5

RGB139, 114, 181

HSL262, 31%, 58%

HSV262, 37%, 71%

CMYK23%, 37%, 0%, 29%

Lab52.8, 23.85, -31.92

XYZ25.01, 20.86, 46.42

Decimal9138869

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone272 C

Shades of medium purple

#7d61ac #6f539f #634a8d #57417c #4b386b #3f2f59 #332648 #261d37 #1a1425 #0e0b14

Tints of medium purple

#967fbc #a08cc3 #ab99c9 #b6a6d0 #c0b3d7 #cbc0de #d5cde4 #e0d9eb #ebe6f2 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#9cb572 Analogous#727bb5 Analogous#ac72b5 Triadic#b58b72 Triadic#72b58b Split complementary#b5ac72 Split complementary#7bb572

Medium purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 23, 37, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8b72b5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 37 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 38 4 35

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 #8b72b5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8b72b5; }
.text { color: #8b72b5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8b72b5; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8b72b5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8b72b5 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 #8b72b5 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 #8b72b5 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

The figures for #8b72b5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.