Orchid

#a978af

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

Orchid sits in the pink band, mid and muted. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #a978af, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a978af

RGB169, 120, 175

HSL293, 26%, 58%

HSV293, 31%, 69%

CMYK3%, 31%, 0%, 31%

Lab57.04, 28.67, -21.65

XYZ30.82, 24.96, 43.75

Decimal11106479

Web safe#996699

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#9e67a5 #915a98 #815087 #724677 #623d66 #523356 #422945 #321f34 #221524 #120b13

Tints of orchid

#b184b6 #b991be #c19dc5 #c9aacc #d0b6d4 #d8c2db #e0cfe2 #e8dbea #f0e7f1 #f8f4f8

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#7eaf78 Analogous#8e78af Analogous#af7899 Triadic#afa978 Triadic#78afa9 Split complementary#9aaf78 Split complementary#78af8d

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 3, 31, 0, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a978af on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 31 0 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 33 4 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Orchid in css

Copy #a978af straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a978af; }
.text { color: #a978af; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a978af; }

How orchid looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a978af against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a978af against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a978af sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a978af 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 orchid, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a978af are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.