Medium orchid

#8f5fa1

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #8f5fa1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8f5fa1

RGB143, 95, 161

HSL284, 26%, 50%

HSV284, 41%, 63%

CMYK11%, 41%, 0%, 37%

Lab47.75, 31.53, -28.09

XYZ21.85, 16.6, 35.77

Decimal9396129

Web safe#996699

Pantone2583 C

Shades of medium orchid

#835693 #764e85 #694677 #5d3d68 #50355a #442d4c #37243e #2a1c30 #1e1421 #110b13

Tints of medium orchid

#996eaa #a47db2 #ae8cbb #b99bc4 #c3a9cd #cdb8d5 #d8c7de #e2d6e7 #ede5f0 #f7f4f8

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#71a15f Analogous#6e5fa1 Analogous#a15f92 Triadic#a18f5f Triadic#5fa18f Split complementary#92a15f Split complementary#5fa16e

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 41, 0, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8f5fa1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 41 0 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 42 4 43

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #8f5fa1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8f5fa1; }
.text { color: #8f5fa1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8f5fa1; }

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 #8f5fa1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8f5fa1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8f5fa1 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8f5fa1 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

The figures for #8f5fa1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.