Medium orchid

#af57a7

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 #af57a7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af57a7
RGB175, 87, 167
HSL305, 35%, 51%
HSV305, 50%, 69%
CMYK0%, 50%, 5%, 31%
Lab50.36, 46.91, -27.25
XYZ28.06, 18.72, 38.69
Decimal11491239
Web safe#996699
Pantone2583 C
Pantone2583 CHex#af57a7Rgb175 87 167Cmyk0 50 5 31Lab50 47 -27Darker#51264dDeep#813d7bLighter#c38bbe

Shades of medium orchid

Tints of medium orchid

Colors that go with medium orchid

Medium orchid in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 50, 5, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af57a7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 50 5 31
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 50 9 37
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 #af57a7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af57a7; }
.text { color: #af57a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af57a7; }

How medium orchid looks on light and dark

Medium orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #af57a7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.43:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
4.74:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af57a7 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 #af57a7 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #af57a7 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium orchid, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #af57a7 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.