Medium orchid

#cb55ae

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 soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #cb55ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb55ae

RGB203, 85, 174

HSL315, 53%, 56%

HSV315, 58%, 80%

CMYK0%, 58%, 14%, 20%

Lab54.29, 57.16, -24.93

XYZ35.52, 22.25, 42.47

Decimal13325742

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone2385 C

Shades of medium orchid

#c541a5 #b53796 #a13186 #8e2b76 #7a2565 #661f55 #531944 #3f1334 #2b0d24 #170713

Tints of medium orchid

#d065b5 #d574bd #d984c4 #de94cc #e3a3d3 #e8b3db #ecc2e2 #f1d2ea #f6e2f1 #fbf1f8

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#55cb72 Analogous#ad55cb Analogous#cb5573 Triadic#aecb55 Triadic#55aecb Split complementary#73cb55 Split complementary#55cbad

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 58, 14, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb55ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 58 14 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 57 17 26

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 #cb55ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb55ae; }
.text { color: #cb55ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb55ae; }

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 #cb55ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb55ae 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 #cb55ae 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 #cb55ae 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 #cb55ae come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.