Medium purple

#938ce9

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

This is Medium purple, a strong blue at 245 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium purple color values

Every conversion for #938ce9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#938ce9

RGB147, 140, 233

HSL245, 68%, 73%

HSV245, 40%, 91%

CMYK37%, 40%, 0%, 9%

Lab62.37, 24.34, -46.2

XYZ36.12, 30.84, 81.14

Decimal9669865

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#786fe4 #5d53de #4236d9 #3226c6 #2b20a9 #231b8d #1c1570 #151053 #0e0a36 #06051a

Tints of medium purple

#9c96eb #a6a0ed #afaaef #b9b4f1 #c2bef3 #cbc8f4 #d5d2f6 #dedcf8 #e8e6fa #f1f0fc

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#e2e98c Analogous#8cb4e9 Analogous#c28ce9 Triadic#e9938c Triadic#8ce993 Split complementary#e9c28c Split complementary#b4e98c

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 37, 40, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #938ce9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 40 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 41 4 15

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 #938ce9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #938ce9; }
.text { color: #938ce9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #938ce9; }

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 #938ce9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #938ce9 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 #938ce9 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 #938ce9 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

Every value on this page for #938ce9 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.