Medium orchid

#a55cbc

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

This is Medium orchid, a soft purple at 286 degrees. 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 #a55cbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a55cbc

RGB165, 92, 188

HSL286, 42%, 55%

HSV286, 51%, 74%

CMYK12%, 51%, 0%, 26%

Lab51.02, 45.48, -38.55

XYZ28.42, 19.28, 49.8

Decimal10837180

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9b4ab5 #8c43a3 #7d3c91 #6e3580 #5f2d6e #4f265c #401f4b #311739 #221027 #130916

Tints of medium orchid

#ad6bc2 #b67ac8 #be89cf #c698d5 #cfa7db #d7b6e1 #dfc5e7 #e7d4ed #f0e3f4 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#73bc5c Analogous#755cbc Analogous#bc5ca3 Triadic#bca55c Triadic#5cbca5 Split complementary#a3bc5c Split complementary#5cbc75

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 51, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a55cbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 51 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 51 4 32

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 #a55cbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a55cbc; }
.text { color: #a55cbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a55cbc; }

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 #a55cbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a55cbc 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 #a55cbc 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 #a55cbc 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

Here is how the numbers for #a55cbc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.