Medium orchid

#a54aca

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 strong. 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 #a54aca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a54aca
RGB165, 74, 202
HSL283, 55%, 54%
HSV283, 63%, 79%
CMYK18%, 63%, 0%, 21%
Lab48.46, 57.3, -50.69
XYZ28.63, 17.16, 57.68
Decimal10832586
Web safe#9933cc
Pantone2582 C
Pantone2582 CHex#a54acaRgb165 74 202Cmyk18 63 0 21Lab48 57 -51Darker#521e67Deep#7e2e9eLighter#bf86d6

Shades of medium orchid

Tints of medium orchid

Colors that go with medium orchid

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 18, 63, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a54aca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
18 63 0 21
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
21 62 4 27
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 #a54aca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a54aca; }
.text { color: #a54aca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a54aca; }

How medium orchid looks on light and dark

Medium orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a54aca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.74:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.43:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a54aca 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 #a54aca sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #a54aca and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #a54aca 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.