Medium orchid

#b665db

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 strong. 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 #b665db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b665db

RGB182, 101, 219

HSL281, 62%, 63%

HSV281, 54%, 86%

CMYK17%, 54%, 0%, 14%

Lab56.45, 51.9, -47.52

XYZ36.73, 24.37, 69.79

Decimal11953627

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium orchid

#ab4ed6 #a036d0 #902cbd #7e27a6 #6c218e #5a1c77 #48165f #361148 #250b30 #130619

Tints of medium orchid

#bd73de #c381e2 #ca8fe5 #d09de8 #d7abeb #deb9ef #e4c7f2 #ebd5f5 #f2e3f8 #f8f1fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#8adb65 Analogous#7b65db Analogous#db65c5 Triadic#dbb665 Triadic#65dbb6 Split complementary#c5db65 Split complementary#65db7b

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 17, 54, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b665db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 54 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 54 4 20

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 #b665db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b665db; }
.text { color: #b665db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b665db; }

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 #b665db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b665db 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 #b665db 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 #b665db 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 #b665db are worked out. 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.