Medium orchid

#bf5bee

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

Medium orchid is a mid purple with a balanced cast. 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 #bf5bee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf5bee

RGB191, 91, 238

HSL281, 81%, 65%

HSV281, 62%, 93%

CMYK20%, 62%, 0%, 7%

Lab56.81, 62.89, -57.54

XYZ40.66, 24.73, 83.52

Decimal12540910

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone2655 C

Shades of medium orchid

#b440eb #aa25e8 #9b16d9 #8814be #7411a3 #610e88 #4e0b6d #3a0852 #270637 #14031c

Tints of medium orchid

#c56af0 #cb79f1 #d087f3 #d696f4 #dca5f6 #e2b4f7 #e7c2f9 #edd1fa #f3e0fc #f9effd

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#8aee5b Analogous#765bee Analogous#ee5bd3 Triadic#eebf5b Triadic#5beebf Split complementary#d4ee5b Split complementary#5bee76

Medium orchid in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 20, 62, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf5bee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 62 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 61 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #bf5bee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf5bee; }
.text { color: #bf5bee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf5bee; }

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 #bf5bee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf5bee 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 #bf5bee 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 #bf5bee 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 #bf5bee is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.