Medium purple

#8e71df

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

Medium purple falls in the purple range, mid and strong. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #8e71df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8e71df
RGB142, 113, 223
HSL256, 63%, 66%
HSV256, 49%, 87%
CMYK36%, 49%, 0%, 13%
Lab54.96, 36.01, -52.41
XYZ30.38, 22.89, 72.63
Decimal9335263
Web safe#9966cc
Pantone2715 C
Pantone2715 CHex#8e71dfRgb142 113 223Cmyk36 49 0 13Lab55 36 -52Darker#44249eDeep#6037d2Lighter#beafe9

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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, 49, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8e71df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
36 49 0 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
37 49 4 19
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 #8e71df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8e71df; }
.text { color: #8e71df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8e71df; }

How medium purple looks on light and dark

Medium purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8e71df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.76:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
5.58:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8e71df 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 #8e71df sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #8e71df and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #8e71df come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.