Medium orchid

#ae59dd

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

Medium orchid is a mid purple with a grounded cast. 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 #ae59dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae59dd

RGB174, 89, 221

HSL279, 66%, 61%

HSV279, 60%, 87%

CMYK21%, 60%, 0%, 13%

Lab53.35, 56.31, -53.65

XYZ34.08, 21.36, 70.73

Decimal11426269

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a342d8 #972bd3 #8726bc #7622a5 #651d8d #551876 #44135f #330f48 #230a31 #120519

Tints of medium orchid

#b568e0 #bd77e3 #c486e6 #cc95e9 #d3a5ec #dab4f0 #e2c3f3 #e9d2f6 #f0e1f9 #f8f0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#88dd59 Analogous#6c59dd Analogous#dd59ca Triadic#ddae59 Triadic#59ddae Split complementary#cadd59 Split complementary#59dd6c

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 21, 60, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae59dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 60 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 59 4 19

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 #ae59dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae59dd; }
.text { color: #ae59dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae59dd; }

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 #ae59dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae59dd 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 #ae59dd 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 #ae59dd 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

Here is how the numbers for #ae59dd are worked out. 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.