Medium orchid

#ab68ca

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

This is Medium orchid, a soft purple at 281 degrees. 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 #ab68ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab68ca

RGB171, 104, 202

HSL281, 48%, 60%

HSV281, 49%, 79%

CMYK15%, 49%, 0%, 21%

Lab54.89, 43.74, -40.44

XYZ32.41, 22.82, 58.57

Decimal11233482

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a054c3 #9441ba #833aa5 #733391 #632c7d #532568 #431d54 #32163f #220f2b #120817

Tints of medium orchid

#b376cf #ba84d4 #c291d9 #ca9fdd #d1ade2 #d9bbe7 #e1c8ec #e8d6f1 #f0e4f6 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#87ca68 Analogous#7a68ca Analogous#ca68b8 Triadic#caab68 Triadic#68caab Split complementary#b8ca68 Split complementary#68ca7a

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 49, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab68ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 49 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 49 4 27

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #ab68ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab68ca; }
.text { color: #ab68ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab68ca; }

How medium orchid looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ab68ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab68ca against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ab68ca 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ab68ca 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 #ab68ca 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.