Medium orchid

#a256e0

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

Medium orchid is a mid purple with a balanced cast. 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 orchid color values

Every conversion for #a256e0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a256e0

RGB162, 86, 224

HSL273, 69%, 61%

HSV273, 62%, 88%

CMYK28%, 62%, 0%, 12%

Lab51.52, 55.66, -58.36

XYZ31.68, 19.72, 72.66

Decimal10639072

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#953edc #8827d7 #7923bf #6a1fa8 #5b1a90 #4c1678 #3d1261 #2e0d49 #1f0931 #10051a

Tints of medium orchid

#aa65e3 #b375e6 #bb84e8 #c494eb #cca3ee #d5b2f1 #ddc2f4 #e6d1f7 #eee1f9 #f7f0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#94e056 Analogous#5d56e0 Analogous#e056d9 Triadic#e0a256 Triadic#56e0a2 Split complementary#d9e056 Split complementary#56e05d

Medium orchid in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 28, 62, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a256e0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 62 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 61 4 18

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 orchid in css

Copy #a256e0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a256e0; }
.text { color: #a256e0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a256e0; }

How medium orchid looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a256e0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a256e0 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a256e0 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium orchid? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a256e0 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 orchid, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #a256e0 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.