Medium orchid

#ac5cc5

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 286 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 #ac5cc5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac5cc5

RGB172, 92, 197

HSL286, 48%, 57%

HSV286, 53%, 77%

CMYK13%, 53%, 0%, 23%

Lab52.35, 49.26, -41.57

XYZ30.92, 20.46, 55.14

Decimal11295941

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a249be #943eaf #84389c #743189 #642a76 #542363 #441c50 #33163d #230f2a #130817

Tints of medium orchid

#b46bca #bb7ad0 #c389d5 #cb98da #d2a7e0 #dab6e5 #e1c5ea #e9d4f0 #f1e3f5 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#75c55c Analogous#785cc5 Analogous#c55ca9 Triadic#c5ac5c Triadic#5cc5ac Split complementary#a9c55c Split complementary#5cc578

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 13, 53, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac5cc5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 53 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 53 4 29

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 #ac5cc5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac5cc5; }
.text { color: #ac5cc5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac5cc5; }

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 #ac5cc5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac5cc5 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 #ac5cc5 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 #ac5cc5 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 #ac5cc5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.