Medium orchid

#ac5bad

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 pink at 299 degrees. 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 #ac5bad, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac5bad

RGB172, 91, 173

HSL299, 33%, 52%

HSV299, 47%, 68%

CMYK1%, 47%, 0%, 32%

Lab51.0, 45.07, -29.79

XYZ28.3, 19.27, 41.76

Decimal11295661

Web safe#996699

Pantone2583 C

Shades of medium orchid

#9f50a0 #904891 #814181 #713972 #623162 #522953 #432243 #331a34 #241224 #140a14

Tints of medium orchid

#b46ab5 #bb79bc #c389c4 #cb98cb #d2a7d3 #dab6db #e2c5e2 #ead5ea #f1e4f1 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#5cad5b Analogous#835bad Analogous#ad5b85 Triadic#adac5b Triadic#5badac Split complementary#85ad5b Split complementary#5bad83

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 1, 47, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac5bad on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 47 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 47 4 38

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 #ac5bad straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac5bad; }
.text { color: #ac5bad; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac5bad; }

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 #ac5bad against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac5bad 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 #ac5bad 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 #ac5bad 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

Every value on this page for #ac5bad is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.