Medium orchid

#b15ec5

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

This is Medium orchid, a soft purple at 288 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 #b15ec5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b15ec5

RGB177, 94, 197

HSL288, 47%, 57%

HSV288, 52%, 77%

CMYK10%, 52%, 0%, 23%

Lab53.37, 49.61, -39.93

XYZ32.21, 21.38, 55.25

Decimal11624133

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a84bbe #9a3fb0 #89389d #783189 #682b76 #572463 #461d50 #35163d #240f2a #140816

Tints of medium orchid

#b86dca #bf7cd0 #c68ad5 #ce99da #d5a8e0 #dcb7e5 #e3c6ea #ead4f0 #f1e3f5 #f9f2fa

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#72c55e Analogous#7e5ec5 Analogous#c55ea5 Triadic#c5b15e Triadic#5ec5b1 Split complementary#a6c55e Split complementary#5ec57d

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 10, 52, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b15ec5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 52 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 52 4 29

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #b15ec5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b15ec5; }
.text { color: #b15ec5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b15ec5; }

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 #b15ec5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b15ec5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b15ec5 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b15ec5 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 #b15ec5 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.