Medium orchid

#c518dc

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

Medium orchid sits in the pink band, mid and vivid. 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 #c518dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c518dc

RGB197, 24, 220

HSL293, 80%, 48%

HSV293, 89%, 86%

CMYK10%, 89%, 0%, 14%

Lab49.12, 81.98, -59.69

XYZ36.27, 17.69, 69.21

Decimal12916956

Web safe#cc00cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#b416c9 #a314b6 #9112a2 #80108f #6f0e7c #5e0b69 #4c0955 #3b0742 #2a052f #19031c

Tints of medium orchid

#d126e7 #d53cea #da52ec #df69ef #e47ff1 #e895f3 #edacf6 #f2c2f8 #f7d9fb #fceffd

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#2fdc18 Analogous#6318dc Analogous#dc1891 Triadic#dcc518 Triadic#18dcc5 Split complementary#91dc18 Split complementary#18dc63

Medium orchid in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 10, 89, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c518dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 89 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 86 4 20

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 #c518dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c518dc; }
.text { color: #c518dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c518dc; }

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 #c518dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c518dc 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 #c518dc 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 #c518dc 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

Here is how the numbers for #c518dc are worked out. 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.