Medium orchid

#ac53cb

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 284 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 #ac53cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac53cb

RGB172, 83, 203

HSL285, 54%, 56%

HSV285, 59%, 80%

CMYK15%, 59%, 0%, 20%

Lab51.0, 54.96, -47.16

XYZ30.89, 19.27, 58.59

Decimal11293643

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a33fc5 #9437b4 #8431a1 #742b8d #64257a #541f66 #431952 #33133f #230d2b #130717

Tints of medium orchid

#b463d0 #bb73d5 #c382d9 #cb92de #d2a2e3 #dab2e8 #e1c2ec #e9d2f1 #f1e1f6 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#72cb53 Analogous#7053cb Analogous#cb53ae Triadic#cbac53 Triadic#53cbac Split complementary#aecb53 Split complementary#53cb70

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 59, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac53cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 59 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 58 4 26

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 #ac53cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac53cb; }
.text { color: #ac53cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac53cb; }

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 #ac53cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac53cb 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 #ac53cb 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 #ac53cb 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ac53cb is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.