Medium purple

#9c8ade

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

Medium purple is a light blue that reads relaxed. 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 #9c8ade, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c8ade

RGB156, 138, 222

HSL253, 56%, 71%

HSV253, 38%, 87%

CMYK30%, 38%, 0%, 13%

Lab62.1, 25.07, -40.47

XYZ35.98, 30.52, 73.1

Decimal10259166

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium purple

#8670d7 #7157d0 #5b3dc8 #4e32b2 #422b98 #37247f #2c1c65 #21154b #160e32 #0a0718

Tints of medium purple

#a594e1 #ad9fe4 #b6a9e7 #bfb3ea #c8beed #d0c8ef #d9d2f2 #e2dcf5 #eae7f8 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with medium purple

Complementary#ccde8a Analogous#8aa2de Analogous#c68ade Triadic#de9c8a Triadic#8ade9c Split complementary#dec68a Split complementary#a2de8a

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 30, 38, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c8ade on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 38 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 39 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 #9c8ade straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c8ade; }
.text { color: #9c8ade; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c8ade; }

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 #9c8ade against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c8ade 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 #9c8ade 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 #9c8ade 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #9c8ade 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.