Medium orchid

#af5dfa

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

This is Medium orchid, a vivid purple at 271 degrees. 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 #af5dfa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af5dfa

RGB175, 93, 250

HSL271, 94%, 67%

HSV271, 63%, 98%

CMYK30%, 63%, 0%, 2%

Lab55.93, 61.01, -65.74

XYZ38.85, 23.84, 93.0

Decimal11492858

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a03ff9 #9120f8 #8207f2 #7207d4 #6106b5 #510597 #410479 #30035a #20023c #10011e

Tints of medium orchid

#b66bfa #bd7afb #c488fb #cc97fc #d3a5fc #dab4fd #e1c2fd #e8d1fe #efdffe #f6eefe

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#a8fa5d Analogous#615dfa Analogous#fa5df6 Triadic#faaf5d Triadic#5dfaaf Split complementary#f6fa5d Split complementary#5dfa61

Medium orchid in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 30, 63, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af5dfa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 63 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 62 4 8

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 #af5dfa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af5dfa; }
.text { color: #af5dfa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af5dfa; }

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 #af5dfa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af5dfa 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 #af5dfa 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 #af5dfa 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

Here is how the numbers for #af5dfa are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.