Medium orchid

#af45e3

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 confident cast. 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 #af45e3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af45e3

RGB175, 69, 227

HSL280, 74%, 58%

HSV280, 70%, 89%

CMYK23%, 70%, 0%, 11%

Lab50.59, 66.77, -61.47

XYZ33.67, 18.92, 74.55

Decimal11486691

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a52ee0 #9820d3 #871cbc #7719a5 #66158e #561277 #450e60 #340b49 #240732 #13041b

Tints of medium orchid

#b656e6 #be67e8 #c578eb #cc89ed #d49af0 #dbabf2 #e2bcf5 #eacdf8 #f1defa #f8effd

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#79e345 Analogous#6045e3 Analogous#e345c8 Triadic#e3af45 Triadic#45e3af Split complementary#c8e345 Split complementary#45e360

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 23, 70, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af45e3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 70 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 68 4 17

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #af45e3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af45e3; }
.text { color: #af45e3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af45e3; }

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 #af45e3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af45e3 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 #af45e3 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 #af45e3 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 #af45e3 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.