Medium orchid

#bf4ce3

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 #bf4ce3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf4ce3

RGB191, 76, 227

HSL286, 73%, 59%

HSV286, 67%, 89%

CMYK16%, 67%, 0%, 11%

Lab53.8, 67.25, -56.18

XYZ37.94, 21.79, 74.88

Decimal12537059

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#b734df #ac22d7 #991ebf #861aa8 #731790 #601379 #4e0f61 #3b0c4a #280832 #15041a

Tints of medium orchid

#c55ce6 #cb6de8 #d17deb #d68ded #dc9ef0 #e2aef2 #e8bef5 #eecff7 #f4dffa #f9f0fd

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#70e34c Analogous#734ce3 Analogous#e34cbc Triadic#e3bf4c Triadic#4ce3bf Split complementary#bce34c Split complementary#4ce373

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 67, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf4ce3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 67 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 66 4 17

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #bf4ce3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf4ce3; }
.text { color: #bf4ce3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf4ce3; }

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 #bf4ce3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf4ce3 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 #bf4ce3 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 #bf4ce3 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 #bf4ce3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.