Medium orchid

#ae63e3

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 #ae63e3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae63e3

RGB174, 99, 227

HSL275, 70%, 64%

HSV275, 56%, 89%

CMYK23%, 56%, 0%, 11%

Lab55.55, 52.62, -53.51

XYZ35.78, 23.47, 75.32

Decimal11428835

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a14adf #9431da #8524c9 #7420b0 #641b97 #53177e #431265 #320e4c #220933 #11051a

Tints of medium orchid

#b571e6 #bd7fe8 #c48deb #cb9bed #d3a9f0 #dab8f2 #e1c6f5 #e9d4f7 #f0e2fa #f7f0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#98e363 Analogous#6e63e3 Analogous#e363d8 Triadic#e3ae63 Triadic#63e3ae Split complementary#d8e363 Split complementary#63e36e

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 23, 56, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae63e3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 56 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 56 4 17

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 #ae63e3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae63e3; }
.text { color: #ae63e3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae63e3; }

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 #ae63e3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae63e3 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 #ae63e3 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 #ae63e3 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 #ae63e3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.