Medium orchid

#ab59e4

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 balanced cast. 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 #ab59e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab59e4

RGB171, 89, 228

HSL275, 72%, 62%

HSV275, 61%, 89%

CMYK25%, 61%, 0%, 11%

Lab53.39, 57.13, -57.56

XYZ34.37, 21.4, 75.72

Decimal11229668

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9f40e0 #9228dc #8320c7 #721cae #621895 #52147d #421064 #320c4c #210833 #11041a

Tints of medium orchid

#b368e6 #ba77e9 #c286eb #c995ee #d1a4f0 #d9b3f3 #e0c2f5 #e8d2f8 #f0e1fa #f7f0fd

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#92e459 Analogous#6659e4 Analogous#e459d7 Triadic#e4ab59 Triadic#59e4ab Split complementary#d7e459 Split complementary#59e466

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 61, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab59e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 61 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 60 4 17

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ab59e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab59e4; }
.text { color: #ab59e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab59e4; }

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 #ab59e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab59e4 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 #ab59e4 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 #ab59e4 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 #ab59e4 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. 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.