Medium orchid

#8f5d9d

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

Medium orchid falls in the purple range, mid and muted. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #8f5d9d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8f5d9d

RGB143, 93, 157

HSL287, 26%, 49%

HSV287, 41%, 62%

CMYK9%, 41%, 0%, 38%

Lab47.11, 31.82, -26.72

XYZ21.33, 16.1, 33.88

Decimal9395613

Web safe#996699

Pantone258 C

Shades of medium orchid

#82558f #764d81 #694574 #5d3c66 #503458 #442c4a #37243d #2b1c2f #1e1421 #120b13

Tints of medium orchid

#9a6ba7 #a47ab0 #af89b9 #b999c2 #c4a8cb #ceb7d4 #d8c6dd #e3d5e6 #ede5ef #f7f4f8

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#6b9d5d Analogous#6f5d9d Analogous#9d5d8b Triadic#9d8f5d Triadic#5d9d8f Split complementary#8b9d5d Split complementary#5d9d6f

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 41, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8f5d9d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 41 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 42 4 44

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #8f5d9d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8f5d9d; }
.text { color: #8f5d9d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8f5d9d; }

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 #8f5d9d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8f5d9d 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 #8f5d9d 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 #8f5d9d 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 #8f5d9d 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. 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.