Medium orchid

#c05ca5

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

Medium orchid is a mid pink, confident and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #c05ca5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c05ca5

RGB192, 92, 165

HSL316, 44%, 56%

HSV316, 52%, 75%

CMYK0%, 52%, 14%, 25%

Lab53.58, 49.23, -20.92

XYZ32.36, 21.58, 38.06

Decimal12606629

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone252 C

Shades of medium orchid

#b94a9b #a8418c #963a7d #84336e #712c5f #5f254f #4d1e40 #3b1731 #281022 #160912

Tints of medium orchid

#c66bad #cc7ab6 #d189be #d798c6 #dda7ce #e3b6d7 #e9c5df #eed4e7 #f4e3f0 #faf2f8

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#5cc077 Analogous#a95cc0 Analogous#c05c73 Triadic#a5c05c Triadic#5ca5c0 Split complementary#73c05c Split complementary#5cc0a9

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 14, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c05ca5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 14 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 17 31

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 #c05ca5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c05ca5; }
.text { color: #c05ca5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c05ca5; }

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 #c05ca5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c05ca5 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 #c05ca5 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 #c05ca5 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 #c05ca5 is computed, not guessed. 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.