Orchid

#aa77b3

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

This is Orchid, a muted pink at 291 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #aa77b3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa77b3

RGB170, 119, 179

HSL291, 28%, 58%

HSV291, 34%, 70%

CMYK5%, 34%, 0%, 30%

Lab57.07, 30.36, -23.89

XYZ31.31, 24.99, 45.82

Decimal11171763

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#9f66a9 #92589d #824e8c #72447b #623b69 #523158 #422847 #321e36 #221525 #120b14

Tints of orchid

#b283ba #ba90c1 #c19cc8 #c9a9cf #d1b5d6 #d9c2dd #e0cee4 #e8dbeb #f0e7f2 #f8f4f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#80b377 Analogous#8c77b3 Analogous#b3779e Triadic#b3aa77 Triadic#77b3aa Split complementary#9eb377 Split complementary#77b38c

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 5, 34, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa77b3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 34 0 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 35 4 36

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 #aa77b3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa77b3; }
.text { color: #aa77b3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa77b3; }

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 #aa77b3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa77b3 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 #aa77b3 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 #aa77b3 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 #aa77b3 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.