Medium orchid

#a55fe0

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 273 degrees. 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 #a55fe0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a55fe0

RGB165, 95, 224

HSL273, 68%, 63%

HSV273, 58%, 88%

CMYK26%, 58%, 0%, 12%

Lab53.56, 51.81, -55.06

XYZ33.06, 21.57, 72.94

Decimal10837984

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9747db #8a2fd7 #7b26c3 #6c21ab #5c1c92 #4d187a #3e1362 #2f0e4a #1f0a32 #10051a

Tints of medium orchid

#ad6ee3 #b57ce6 #bd8be8 #c699eb #cea8ee #d6b6f1 #dec5f4 #e6d3f6 #eee2f9 #f7f0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#9ae05f Analogous#655fe0 Analogous#e05fda Triadic#e0a55f Triadic#5fe0a5 Split complementary#dae05f Split complementary#5fe065

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 26, 58, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a55fe0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 58 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 57 4 18

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 #a55fe0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a55fe0; }
.text { color: #a55fe0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a55fe0; }

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 #a55fe0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a55fe0 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 #a55fe0 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 #a55fe0 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 #a55fe0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.