Medium orchid

#cd38cc

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

This is Medium orchid, a strong pink at 300 degrees. 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 #cd38cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd38cc

RGB205, 56, 204

HSL300, 60%, 51%

HSV300, 73%, 80%

CMYK0%, 73%, 0%, 20%

Lab52.03, 73.47, -45.81

XYZ37.49, 20.17, 59.04

Decimal13449420

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#be30bd #ac2bab #992799 #872286 #751d74 #621962 #50144f #3d0f3d #2b0b2b #180618

Tints of medium orchid

#d24ad1 #d65dd5 #db6fda #e082df #e494e4 #e9a7e8 #edb9ed #f2ccf2 #f7def7 #fbf1fb

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#38cd39 Analogous#8338cd Analogous#cd3882 Triadic#cccd38 Triadic#38cccd Split complementary#82cd38 Split complementary#38cd84

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 73, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd38cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 73 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 71 4 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 #cd38cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd38cc; }
.text { color: #cd38cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd38cc; }

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 #cd38cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd38cc 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 #cd38cc 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 #cd38cc 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 #cd38cc 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.