Medium orchid

#ab5f9f

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

Medium orchid is a mid pink, confident and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #ab5f9f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab5f9f

RGB171, 95, 159

HSL309, 31%, 52%

HSV309, 44%, 67%

CMYK0%, 44%, 7%, 33%

Lab51.09, 40.09, -21.47

XYZ27.14, 19.35, 35.1

Decimal11231135

Web safe#996699

Pantone258 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9f5393 #904b85 #804377 #713b68 #61335a #522b4c #42233d #331b2f #241321 #140b13

Tints of medium orchid

#b36ea8 #bb7db1 #c28bba #ca9ac3 #d2a9cb #dab8d4 #e1c7dd #e9d6e6 #f1e4ef #f9f3f8

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#5fab6b Analogous#915fab Analogous#ab5f79 Triadic#9fab5f Triadic#5f9fab Split complementary#79ab5f Split complementary#5fab91

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 44, 7, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab5f9f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 7 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 10 39

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 #ab5f9f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab5f9f; }
.text { color: #ab5f9f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab5f9f; }

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 #ab5f9f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab5f9f 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 #ab5f9f 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 #ab5f9f 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 #ab5f9f 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.