Medium orchid

#b851ab

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 pink at 308 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #b851ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b851ab

RGB184, 81, 171

HSL308, 42%, 52%

HSV308, 56%, 72%

CMYK0%, 56%, 7%, 28%

Lab50.71, 53.14, -28.96

XYZ30.06, 19.02, 40.61

Decimal12079531

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone2583 C

Shades of medium orchid

#ac469f #9b3f8f #8a3880 #7a3271 #692b61 #582452 #481d42 #371633 #261024 #160914

Tints of medium orchid

#bf61b3 #c571bb #cc81c2 #d292ca #d9a2d2 #dfb2da #e6c2e2 #edd2e9 #f3e2f1 #faf2f9

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#51b85e Analogous#9251b8 Analogous#b85177 Triadic#abb851 Triadic#51abb8 Split complementary#77b851 Split complementary#51b892

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 56, 7, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b851ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 56 7 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 10 34

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 #b851ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b851ab; }
.text { color: #b851ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b851ab; }

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 #b851ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b851ab 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 #b851ab 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 #b851ab 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 #b851ab is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.