Medium orchid

#ac4bf9

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

This is Medium orchid, a vivid purple at 273 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 #ac4bf9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac4bf9

RGB172, 75, 249

HSL273, 94%, 64%

HSV273, 70%, 98%

CMYK31%, 70%, 0%, 2%

Lab52.56, 68.36, -70.66

XYZ36.63, 20.64, 91.68

Decimal11291641

Web safe#9933ff

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9f2ff8 #9212f7 #8308e4 #7207c8 #6206ac #52058f #420473 #310356 #21023a #11011e

Tints of medium orchid

#b45bfa #bb6cfa #c37cfb #ca8cfb #d29cfc #d9adfc #e1bdfd #e8cdfd #f0ddfe #f7eefe

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#98f94b Analogous#554bf9 Analogous#f94bef Triadic#f9ac4b Triadic#4bf9ac Split complementary#eff94b Split complementary#4bf955

Medium orchid in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 31, 70, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac4bf9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 70 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 68 4 8

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 #ac4bf9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac4bf9; }
.text { color: #ac4bf9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac4bf9; }

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 #ac4bf9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac4bf9 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 #ac4bf9 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 #ac4bf9 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 #ac4bf9 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.