Medium orchid

#af4ee2

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 grounded cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #af4ee2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af4ee2

RGB175, 78, 226

HSL279, 72%, 60%

HSV279, 65%, 89%

CMYK23%, 65%, 0%, 11%

Lab51.9, 62.73, -58.79

XYZ34.13, 20.05, 74.02

Decimal11488994

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a437de #9823d6 #881fbf #771ba7 #661890 #561478 #451061 #340c49 #230832 #13041a

Tints of medium orchid

#b65ee5 #be6ee7 #c57eea #cc8fed #d49fef #dbaff2 #e2bff5 #e9cff7 #f1dffa #f8f0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#81e24e Analogous#654ee2 Analogous#e24ecb Triadic#e2af4e Triadic#4ee2af Split complementary#cbe24e Split complementary#4ee265

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 23, 65, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af4ee2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 65 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 64 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 #af4ee2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af4ee2; }
.text { color: #af4ee2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af4ee2; }

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 #af4ee2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af4ee2 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 #af4ee2 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 #af4ee2 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 #af4ee2 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. 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.