Medium orchid

#ae5dde

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #ae5dde, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae5dde

RGB174, 93, 222

HSL278, 66%, 62%

HSV278, 58%, 87%

CMYK22%, 58%, 0%, 13%

Lab54.13, 54.55, -52.96

XYZ34.55, 22.1, 71.55

Decimal11427294

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a245d9 #962ed4 #8627bf #7622a7 #651d90 #541878 #441460 #330f49 #230a31 #120519

Tints of medium orchid

#b56ce1 #bd7ae4 #c489e7 #cb98ea #d3a7ed #dab5f0 #e2c4f3 #e9d3f6 #f0e1f9 #f8f0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#8dde5d Analogous#6e5dde Analogous#de5dcd Triadic#deae5d Triadic#5ddeae Split complementary#cdde5d Split complementary#5dde6e

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 22, 58, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae5dde on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 58 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 57 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 #ae5dde straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae5dde; }
.text { color: #ae5dde; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae5dde; }

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 #ae5dde against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae5dde 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 #ae5dde 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 #ae5dde 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 #ae5dde is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.