Medium orchid

#9e56d5

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

This is Medium orchid, a strong purple at 274 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 #9e56d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e56d5

RGB158, 86, 213

HSL274, 60%, 59%

HSV274, 60%, 84%

CMYK26%, 60%, 0%, 16%

Lab50.37, 52.22, -53.99

XYZ29.44, 18.73, 65.01

Decimal10376917

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9241d0 #8531c4 #762baf #682699 #592184 #4b1b6e #3c1659 #2e1144 #1f0b2e #110619

Tints of medium orchid

#a765d9 #b075dd #b984e1 #c294e4 #caa3e8 #d3b3ec #dcc2f0 #e5d2f4 #eee1f8 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#8dd556 Analogous#5e56d5 Analogous#d556cd Triadic#d59e56 Triadic#56d59e Split complementary#cdd556 Split complementary#56d55f

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 26, 60, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e56d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 60 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 59 4 22

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 #9e56d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e56d5; }
.text { color: #9e56d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e56d5; }

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 #9e56d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e56d5 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 #9e56d5 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 #9e56d5 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 #9e56d5 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.