Medium orchid

#be5ce4

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

This is Medium orchid, a strong purple at 283 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 #be5ce4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#be5ce4

RGB190, 92, 228

HSL283, 72%, 63%

HSV283, 60%, 89%

CMYK17%, 60%, 0%, 11%

Lab56.29, 60.16, -52.78

XYZ39.07, 24.2, 76.01

Decimal12475620

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium orchid

#b443e0 #aa2adc #9921c8 #861daf #731996 #60157e #4d1165 #3a0d4c #270833 #14041a

Tints of medium orchid

#c46be6 #ca7ae9 #d088eb #d697ee #dba6f0 #e1b5f3 #e7c3f5 #edd2f8 #f3e1fa #f9f0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#82e45c Analogous#7a5ce4 Analogous#e45cc6 Triadic#e4be5c Triadic#5ce4be Split complementary#c6e45c Split complementary#5ce47a

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 17, 60, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #be5ce4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 60 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 59 4 17

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 #be5ce4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #be5ce4; }
.text { color: #be5ce4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be5ce4; }

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 #be5ce4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #be5ce4 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 #be5ce4 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 #be5ce4 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 #be5ce4 is computed, not guessed. 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.