Medium orchid

#ac5bd8

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

Medium orchid falls in the purple range, mid and strong. 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 #ac5bd8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac5bd8

RGB172, 91, 216

HSL279, 62%, 60%

HSV279, 58%, 85%

CMYK20%, 58%, 0%, 15%

Lab53.18, 53.76, -51.1

XYZ33.15, 21.21, 67.31

Decimal11295704

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a145d3 #9530cb #842bb5 #74269f #642088 #531b72 #43165c #331045 #220b2f #120619

Tints of medium orchid

#b46adc #bb79df #c388e3 #ca97e6 #d2a6ea #d9b5ed #e1c4f1 #e9d3f4 #f0e2f8 #f8f1fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#87d85b Analogous#6d5bd8 Analogous#d85bc6 Triadic#d8ac5b Triadic#5bd8ac Split complementary#c6d85b Split complementary#5bd86d

Medium orchid in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 20, 58, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac5bd8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 58 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 57 4 21

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 #ac5bd8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac5bd8; }
.text { color: #ac5bd8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac5bd8; }

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 #ac5bd8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac5bd8 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 #ac5bd8 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 #ac5bd8 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 #ac5bd8 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.