Orchid

#aa73ab

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 #aa73ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa73ab

RGB170, 115, 171

HSL299, 25%, 56%

HSV299, 33%, 67%

CMYK1%, 33%, 0%, 33%

Lab55.83, 31.02, -21.19

XYZ30.06, 23.75, 41.53

Decimal11170731

Web safe#996699

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#a063a1 #925893 #824f83 #724573 #623b63 #523253 #432843 #331f33 #231523 #130b13

Tints of orchid

#b280b3 #ba8dba #c19ac2 #c9a7ca #d1b3d2 #d9c0d9 #e1cde1 #e9dae9 #f0e7f1 #f8f4f8

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#74ab73 Analogous#8e73ab Analogous#ab7390 Triadic#abaa73 Triadic#73abaa Split complementary#90ab73 Split complementary#73ab8e

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 1, 33, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa73ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 33 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 34 4 39

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 #aa73ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa73ab; }
.text { color: #aa73ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa73ab; }

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 #aa73ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa73ab 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 #aa73ab 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 #aa73ab 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

The figures for #aa73ab 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.