Medium orchid

#a153c8

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 soft. 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 #a153c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a153c8

RGB161, 83, 200

HSL280, 52%, 55%

HSV280, 59%, 78%

CMYK20%, 59%, 0%, 22%

Lab49.42, 51.58, -48.04

XYZ28.22, 17.93, 56.62

Decimal10572744

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9740c2 #8838b0 #79329d #6b2c8a #5c2677 #4d2064 #3e1a51 #30143d #210e2a #120717

Tints of medium orchid

#aa63cd #b273d2 #bb83d7 #c492dc #cca2e1 #d5b2e6 #dec2eb #e6d2f1 #efe2f6 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#7ac853 Analogous#6653c8 Analogous#c853b4 Triadic#c8a153 Triadic#53c8a1 Split complementary#b4c853 Split complementary#53c867

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 20, 59, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a153c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 59 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 58 4 28

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 #a153c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a153c8; }
.text { color: #a153c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a153c8; }

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 #a153c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a153c8 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 #a153c8 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 #a153c8 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 #a153c8 is computed, not guessed. 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.