Orchid

#ad77b7

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 soft. 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 #ad77b7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ad77b7

RGB173, 119, 183

HSL291, 31%, 59%

HSV291, 35%, 72%

CMYK5%, 35%, 0%, 28%

Lab57.56, 32.15, -25.41

XYZ32.38, 25.5, 48.01

Decimal11368375

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#a265ae #9656a2 #864c90 #75437e #653a6d #54305b #442749 #331d37 #231426 #130b14

Tints of orchid

#b483be #bc90c4 #c39ccb #cba9d1 #d2b5d8 #dac2de #e1cee5 #e9daec #f0e7f2 #f8f3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#81b777 Analogous#8d77b7 Analogous#b777a1 Triadic#b7ad77 Triadic#77b7ad Split complementary#a1b777 Split complementary#77b78d

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, 35, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ad77b7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 35 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 36 4 34

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 #ad77b7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ad77b7; }
.text { color: #ad77b7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ad77b7; }

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 #ad77b7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ad77b7 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 #ad77b7 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 #ad77b7 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 #ad77b7 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.