Medium orchid

#a258cb

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #a258cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a258cb

RGB162, 88, 203

HSL279, 53%, 57%

HSV279, 57%, 80%

CMYK20%, 57%, 0%, 20%

Lab50.66, 49.95, -47.78

XYZ29.17, 18.97, 58.62

Decimal10639563

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9744c5 #8939b6 #7a33a2 #6b2c8e #5d267b #4e2067 #3f1a53 #30143f #210d2b #120717

Tints of medium orchid

#ab67d0 #b377d5 #bc86d9 #c495de #cda5e3 #d5b4e8 #dec3ec #e6d3f1 #efe2f6 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#81cb58 Analogous#6958cb Analogous#cb58ba Triadic#cba258 Triadic#58cba2 Split complementary#bbcb58 Split complementary#58cb68

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 20, 57, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a258cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 57 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 56 4 26

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 #a258cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a258cb; }
.text { color: #a258cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a258cb; }

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 #a258cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a258cb 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 #a258cb 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 #a258cb 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

The figures for #a258cb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.