Medium orchid

#ae5dec

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 #ae5dec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae5dec

RGB174, 93, 236

HSL274, 79%, 65%

HSV274, 61%, 93%

CMYK26%, 61%, 0%, 7%

Lab54.95, 57.64, -59.52

XYZ36.51, 22.88, 81.85

Decimal11427308

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a142e9 #9328e6 #8419d6 #7416bc #6313a1 #531086 #420d6c #320951 #210636 #11031b

Tints of medium orchid

#b56cee #bd7aef #c489f1 #cb97f3 #d3a6f5 #dab5f6 #e1c3f8 #e8d2fa #f0e0fb #f7effd

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#9bec5d Analogous#675dec Analogous#ec5de2 Triadic#ecae5d Triadic#5decae Split complementary#e3ec5d Split complementary#5dec66

Medium orchid in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 26, 61, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae5dec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 61 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 60 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #ae5dec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae5dec; }
.text { color: #ae5dec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae5dec; }

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 #ae5dec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae5dec against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ae5dec 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ae5dec 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 #ae5dec come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.