Medium Purple `#9370DB`

Medium Purple (#9370DB) is a mid-tone, saturated purple with an OKLCH hue of 297°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.158. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#9370DB`
RGB	`rgb(147, 112, 219)`
HSL	`hsl(260, 60%, 65%)`
HSV	`hsv(260, 49%, 86%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(33%, 49%, 0%, 14%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(55 36.8 -50.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.627 0.158 297)`

How Medium Purple behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Medium Purple shifts subtly: leans toward magenta; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #986ece — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: leans toward magenta
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #9871d7 — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward magenta
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #9370db — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
North light / shade (~7500K diffuse blue-sky light): → #9370de — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.76:1 and against black 5.58:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Medium Purple

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#e3daff · #c0a7ff · #9370db · #7756b8 · #54348b · #331260

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#86abfb · #8b8eef · #9370db · #9459b3 · #8d458b · #813364

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#cd93af · #9370db · #7457ae · #88195d · #3d1f6c · #370423

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#f2eeff · #bed14a · #9370db · #6a6381 · #4f3e73 · #302745

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f0f4e3 · #a5a0b6 · #9370db · #6d6f64 · #2f293e · #010100

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f1f3e8 · #c8cbbd · #9b9e8e · #212411 · #030400 · #9370db

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#f1f0ca · #70f879 · #9370db · #91609f · #3b4230 · #01082e

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#dad5af · #92c974 · #9370db · #897251 · #3a3e32 · #010a31

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ffeee3 · #df8e4f · #9370db · #00806c · #00362d · #1a0600

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ffedeb · #e88379 · #9370db · #6a7600 · #00353a · #010100

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#A385E5 · #B39BEE · #C3B0F7 · #D4C5FF · #E5DCFF

Shades

#7A5ABA · #614499 · #4A2F7A · #341B5C · #1F0740

Muted

#9077CA · #8E7DB9 · #8B81A7

Using Medium Purple

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.