Medium orchid

#ca5cc8

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

Medium orchid is a mid pink, grounded and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #ca5cc8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca5cc8

RGB202, 92, 200

HSL301, 51%, 58%

HSV301, 54%, 79%

CMYK0%, 54%, 1%, 21%

Lab56.47, 57.94, -36.54

XYZ38.61, 24.38, 57.31

Decimal13262024

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of medium orchid

#c448c1 #b63bb4 #a235a0 #8e2e8d #7a2879 #672165 #531b52 #3f143e #2b0e2a #170817

Tints of medium orchid

#cf6bcd #d47ad2 #d989d7 #dd98dc #e2a7e1 #e7b6e6 #ecc5eb #f1d4f0 #f6e3f5 #fbf2fa

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#5cca5e Analogous#955cca Analogous#ca5c91 Triadic#c8ca5c Triadic#5cc8ca Split complementary#91ca5c Split complementary#5cca95

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 54, 1, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca5cc8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 54 1 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 54 5 27

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 #ca5cc8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca5cc8; }
.text { color: #ca5cc8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca5cc8; }

How medium orchid looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ca5cc8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca5cc8 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 #ca5cc8 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 #ca5cc8 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ca5cc8 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.