Medium orchid

#cd37fd

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 #cd37fd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd37fd

RGB205, 55, 253

HSL285, 98%, 60%

HSV285, 78%, 99%

CMYK19%, 78%, 0%, 1%

Lab54.87, 82.12, -68.92

XYZ44.27, 22.8, 95.0

Decimal13449213

Web safe#cc33ff

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#c61cfd #be03fa #a902df #9402c3 #7f02a8 #6b018c #560171 #410155 #2c013a #17001e

Tints of medium orchid

#d249fd #d65bfd #db6efe #df80fe #e492fe #e8a4fe #edb7fe #f1c9fe #f6dbff #fbedff

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#67fd37 Analogous#6a37fd Analogous#fd37ca Triadic#fdcd37 Triadic#37fdcd Split complementary#cafd37 Split complementary#37fd6a

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 19, 78, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd37fd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 78 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 76 4 7

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 #cd37fd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd37fd; }
.text { color: #cd37fd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd37fd; }

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 #cd37fd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd37fd 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 #cd37fd 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 #cd37fd 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 #cd37fd 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.