PURPLE

Medium Purple

#9370DB

Conversions

HEX#9370DB

RGBrgb(147, 112, 219)

HSLhsl(260, 60%, 65%)

HSVhsv(260, 49%, 86%)

CMYKcmyk(33%, 49%, 0%, 14%)

Copy CSS

color: #9370db;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(147, 112, 219);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(260, 60%, 65%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 3.76 : 1

On ink blackPass · 5.09 : 1

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About Medium Purple

Medium Purple is the hex color #9370DB, which translates to rgb(147, 112, 219) in RGB and hsl(260, 60%, 65%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 260 degrees, with a saturation of 60 percent and a lightness of 65 percent. That combination puts Medium Purple in the workable middle of the purple family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Medium Purple compares

Medium Purple is exactly the CSS keyword mediumpurple, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is violet-400 (#A684FF), at a distance of 11.0. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Amethyst at 6.3. Sorted by lightness, Medium Purple is number 20 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Medium Purple

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Medium Purple, led by Ink black at 5.09:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Medium Purple already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Medium Purple. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	3.76:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	5.09:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	2.74:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	3.04:1	Fail	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Medium Purple

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Medium Purple for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Medium Purple

Format	Value
HEX	#9370DB
RGB	rgb(147, 112, 219)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 49%, 0%, 14%)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.1580 296.67)
CIELAB	lab(54.97 36.80 -50.09)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.