Orchid

#ab77a8

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

Orchid is a mid pink, confident and easy to pair. 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 #ab77a8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab77a8

RGB171, 119, 168

HSL303, 24%, 57%

HSV303, 30%, 67%

CMYK0%, 30%, 2%, 33%

Lab56.76, 28.54, -18.03

XYZ30.46, 24.68, 40.2

Decimal11237288

Web safe#996699

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#a1679e #935b90 #835180 #734771 #633d61 #533351 #432942 #331f32 #231622 #130c12

Tints of orchid

#b383b0 #ba90b8 #c29cc0 #caa9c8 #d2b5d0 #d9c2d8 #e1cee0 #e9dbe8 #f0e7f0 #f8f4f8

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#77ab7a Analogous#9477ab Analogous#ab778e Triadic#a8ab77 Triadic#77a8ab Split complementary#8eab77 Split complementary#77ab94

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 2, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab77a8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 2 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 6 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 #ab77a8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab77a8; }
.text { color: #ab77a8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab77a8; }

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 #ab77a8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab77a8 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 #ab77a8 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 #ab77a8 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 #ab77a8 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.