Medium purple

#8e81d4

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 #8e81d4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8e81d4

RGB142, 129, 212

HSL249, 49%, 67%

HSV249, 39%, 83%

CMYK33%, 39%, 0%, 17%

Lab58.23, 23.8, -41.04

XYZ30.89, 26.2, 65.72

Decimal9339348

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#796acc #6453c4 #523fb9 #4837a2 #3e2f8b #332773 #291f5c #1f1845 #14102e #0a0817

Tints of medium purple

#988cd8 #a298dc #aca3e0 #b6aee3 #c1b9e7 #cbc5eb #d5d0ef #dfdbf3 #e9e6f7 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#c7d481 Analogous#819ed4 Analogous#b781d4 Triadic#d48e81 Triadic#81d48e Split complementary#d4b881 Split complementary#9dd481

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 33, 39, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8e81d4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 39 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 40 4 23

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 #8e81d4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8e81d4; }
.text { color: #8e81d4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8e81d4; }

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 #8e81d4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8e81d4 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 #8e81d4 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 #8e81d4 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 #8e81d4 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.