Orchid

#ac77c3

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #ac77c3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac77c3

RGB172, 119, 195

HSL282, 39%, 62%

HSV282, 39%, 76%

CMYK12%, 39%, 0%, 24%

Lab57.95, 34.31, -31.66

XYZ33.46, 25.9, 54.87

Decimal11302851

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2577 C

Shades of orchid

#a063ba #9450b2 #84469f #743d8b #633578 #532c64 #432350 #321b3d #221229 #120915

Tints of orchid

#b483c8 #bb90ce #c39cd3 #caa8d9 #d2b5de #d9c1e4 #e1cee9 #e8daef #f0e6f4 #f7f3fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#8ec377 Analogous#8677c3 Analogous#c377b4 Triadic#c3ac77 Triadic#77c3ac Split complementary#b4c377 Split complementary#77c386

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 39, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac77c3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 39 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 40 4 30

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Orchid in css

Copy #ac77c3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac77c3; }
.text { color: #ac77c3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac77c3; }

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 #ac77c3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac77c3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ac77c3 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ac77c3 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 #ac77c3 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.