Medium orchid

#bc56ec

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 vivid. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #bc56ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc56ec

RGB188, 86, 236

HSL281, 80%, 63%

HSV281, 64%, 93%

CMYK20%, 64%, 0%, 7%

Lab55.49, 64.08, -58.57

XYZ39.21, 23.4, 81.81

Decimal12343020

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium orchid

#b23ce9 #a722e6 #9718d3 #8415b9 #71129e #5f0f84 #4c0c6a #390950 #260636 #14031c

Tints of medium orchid

#c265ee #c875ef #ce84f1 #d493f3 #daa2f5 #e0b2f6 #e6c1f8 #edd0fa #f3e0fb #f9effd

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#86ec56 Analogous#7156ec Analogous#ec56d1 Triadic#ecbc56 Triadic#56ecbc Split complementary#d1ec56 Split complementary#56ec71

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 20, 64, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc56ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 64 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 63 4 13

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

Medium orchid in css

Copy #bc56ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc56ec; }
.text { color: #bc56ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc56ec; }

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 #bc56ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc56ec 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 #bc56ec 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 #bc56ec 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

The figures for #bc56ec come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.