Medium orchid

#b35ecd

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

Medium orchid falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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 #b35ecd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b35ecd

RGB179, 94, 205

HSL286, 53%, 59%

HSV286, 54%, 80%

CMYK13%, 54%, 0%, 20%

Lab54.02, 51.76, -43.45

XYZ33.61, 22.0, 60.23

Decimal11755213

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#a94ac7 #9d3abb #8c34a7 #7b2d92 #69277e #582169 #471a55 #361440 #250e2c #140717

Tints of medium orchid

#ba6dd2 #c17bd6 #c88adb #cf99df #d6a8e4 #ddb6e8 #e4c5ed #ebd4f2 #f2e3f6 #f9f1fb

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#78cd5e Analogous#7c5ecd Analogous#cd5eaf Triadic#cdb35e Triadic#5ecdb3 Split complementary#b0cd5e Split complementary#5ecd7b

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 13, 54, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b35ecd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 54 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 54 4 26

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 #b35ecd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b35ecd; }
.text { color: #b35ecd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b35ecd; }

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 #b35ecd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b35ecd 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 #b35ecd 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 #b35ecd 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 #b35ecd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.