Orchid

#aa85bf

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

Orchid falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #aa85bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa85bf

RGB170, 133, 191

HSL278, 31%, 64%

HSV278, 30%, 75%

CMYK11%, 30%, 0%, 25%

Lab60.85, 24.95, -24.91

XYZ34.37, 29.08, 53.09

Decimal11175359

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of orchid

#9d72b5 #8f5fab #80519b #704788 #603d74 #503361 #40294e #301f3b #211527 #110b14

Tints of orchid

#b290c5 #b99bcb #c1a6d0 #c9b1d6 #d0bcdc #d8c7e2 #e0d2e8 #e7dded #efe8f3 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#9abf85 Analogous#8d85bf Analogous#bf85b7 Triadic#bfaa85 Triadic#85bfaa Split complementary#b7bf85 Split complementary#85bf8d

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 11, 30, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa85bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 30 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 32 4 31

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 #aa85bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa85bf; }
.text { color: #aa85bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa85bf; }

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 #aa85bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa85bf 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 #aa85bf 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 #aa85bf 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

Every value on this page for #aa85bf is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.