Medium orchid

#8e5aa4

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

Medium orchid falls in the purple range, mid and muted. 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 #8e5aa4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8e5aa4

RGB142, 90, 164

HSL282, 29%, 50%

HSV282, 45%, 64%

CMYK13%, 45%, 0%, 36%

Lab46.64, 34.73, -31.61

XYZ21.51, 15.74, 37.03

Decimal9329316

Web safe#996699

Pantone2583 C

Shades of medium orchid

#825296 #754a87 #694279 #5c3a6a #50325c #432b4d #37233f #2a1b31 #1e1322 #110b14

Tints of medium orchid

#9969ad #a378b5 #ae88be #b897c6 #c3a7ce #cdb6d7 #d8c5df #e2d5e8 #ede4f0 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#70a45a Analogous#695aa4 Analogous#a45a95 Triadic#a48e5a Triadic#5aa48e Split complementary#95a45a Split complementary#5aa469

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 13, 45, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8e5aa4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 45 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 45 4 42

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 #8e5aa4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8e5aa4; }
.text { color: #8e5aa4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8e5aa4; }

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 #8e5aa4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8e5aa4 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 #8e5aa4 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 #8e5aa4 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

Every value on this page for #8e5aa4 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.