Medium purple

#9f72bc

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 grounded 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 #9f72bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9f72bc

RGB159, 114, 188

HSL276, 36%, 59%

HSV276, 39%, 74%

CMYK15%, 39%, 0%, 26%

Lab55.11, 31.61, -32.18

XYZ29.39, 23.04, 50.47

Decimal10449596

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2577 C

Shades of medium purple

#9260b3 #8550a8 #774796 #683e83 #5a3671 #4b2d5e #3c244c #2e1b3a #1f1327 #100a15

Tints of medium purple

#a87fc2 #b18cc8 #b999ce #c2a6d5 #cbb2db #d4bfe1 #dccce7 #e5d9ed #eee6f3 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#8fbc72 Analogous#7a72bc Analogous#bc72b4 Triadic#bc9f72 Triadic#72bc9f Split complementary#b4bc72 Split complementary#72bc7a

Medium purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 15, 39, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9f72bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 39 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 40 4 32

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 #9f72bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9f72bc; }
.text { color: #9f72bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9f72bc; }

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 #9f72bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9f72bc 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 #9f72bc 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 #9f72bc 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 #9f72bc 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.