Medium orchid

#ab47d3

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for medium orchid, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Medium orchid is a mid purple with a confident cast. 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 #ab47d3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab47d3

RGB171, 71, 211

HSL283, 61%, 55%

HSV283, 66%, 83%

CMYK19%, 66%, 0%, 17%

Lab49.34, 61.84, -54.41

XYZ30.81, 17.87, 63.45

Decimal11225043

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a233ce #922dbb #8228a7 #732392 #631e7e #53196a #431456 #331041 #230b2d #130619

Tints of medium orchid

#b358d7 #ba69db #c27adf #ca8be3 #d29ce7 #d9adeb #e1beef #e9cff3 #f1e0f7 #f8f1fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#6fd347 Analogous#6547d3 Analogous#d347b5 Triadic#d3ab47 Triadic#47d3ab Split complementary#b5d347 Split complementary#47d365

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 19, 66, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab47d3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 66 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 65 4 23

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 #ab47d3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab47d3; }
.text { color: #ab47d3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab47d3; }

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 #ab47d3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab47d3 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 #ab47d3 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 #ab47d3 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 #ab47d3 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. 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.