Medium orchid

#ae669e

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

Medium orchid sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #ae669e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae669e
RGB174, 102, 158
HSL313, 31%, 54%
HSV313, 41%, 68%
CMYK0%, 41%, 9%, 32%
Lab52.92, 37.13, -18.05
XYZ28.38, 20.97, 34.9
Decimal11429534
Web safe#996699
Pantone2573 C
Pantone2573 CHex#ae669eRgb174 102 158Cmyk0 41 9 32Lab53 37 -18Darker#572e4eDeep#864778Lighter#c497ba

Shades of medium orchid

Tints of medium orchid

Colors that go with medium orchid

Medium orchid in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 9, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae669e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 41 9 32
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 42 12 38
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 #ae669e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae669e; }
.text { color: #ae669e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae669e; }

How medium orchid looks on light and dark

Medium orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ae669e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.04:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
5.19:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae669e 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 #ae669e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ae669e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium orchid, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ae669e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.