Medium orchid

#a36ac4

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 #a36ac4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a36ac4

RGB163, 106, 196

HSL278, 43%, 59%

HSV278, 46%, 77%

CMYK17%, 46%, 0%, 23%

Lab54.11, 39.06, -38.3

XYZ30.22, 22.08, 54.89

Decimal10709700

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9757bc #8a46b1 #7b3f9e #6c378b #5d2f77 #4e2764 #3e2050 #2f183d #201029 #110916

Tints of medium orchid

#ab78c9 #b485cf #bc93d4 #c5a0da #cdaedf #d5bce4 #dec9ea #e6d7ef #efe5f5 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#8bc46a Analogous#766ac4 Analogous#c46ab8 Triadic#c4a36a Triadic#6ac4a3 Split complementary#b8c46a Split complementary#6ac476

Medium orchid in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 17, 46, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a36ac4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 46 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 46 4 29

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 #a36ac4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a36ac4; }
.text { color: #a36ac4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a36ac4; }

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 #a36ac4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a36ac4 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 #a36ac4 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 #a36ac4 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 #a36ac4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.