Medium orchid

#aa5de2

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

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #aa5de2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa5de2

RGB170, 93, 226

HSL275, 70%, 63%

HSV275, 59%, 89%

CMYK25%, 59%, 0%, 11%

Lab53.88, 54.47, -55.64

XYZ34.22, 21.87, 74.37

Decimal11165154

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9d45de #902cd9 #8123c5 #711fad #611b94 #51167c #411263 #310d4b #210932 #11051a

Tints of medium orchid

#b26ce5 #b97ae7 #c189ea #c998ed #d1a6ef #d8b5f2 #e0c4f4 #e8d2f7 #efe1fa #f7f0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#95e25d Analogous#675de2 Analogous#e25dd7 Triadic#e2aa5d Triadic#5de2aa Split complementary#d7e25d Split complementary#5de268

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 59, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa5de2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 59 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 58 4 17

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 #aa5de2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa5de2; }
.text { color: #aa5de2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa5de2; }

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 #aa5de2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa5de2 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 #aa5de2 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 #aa5de2 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

Here is how the numbers for #aa5de2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.