Orchid

#ad84c5

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 #ad84c5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ad84c5

RGB173, 132, 197

HSL278, 36%, 65%

HSV278, 33%, 77%

CMYK12%, 33%, 0%, 23%

Lab61.15, 27.76, -27.82

XYZ35.56, 29.42, 56.63

Decimal11371717

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of orchid

#9f70bb #925bb2 #834da3 #73438e #623a7a #523066 #422652 #311d3d #211329 #110a15

Tints of orchid

#b48fca #bc9acf #c3a5d5 #cbb0da #d2bbdf #d9c7e4 #e1d2ea #e8ddef #f0e8f4 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#9cc584 Analogous#8c84c5 Analogous#c584bd Triadic#c5ad84 Triadic#84c5ad Split complementary#bdc584 Split complementary#84c58c

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 12, 33, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ad84c5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 33 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 34 4 29

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 #ad84c5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ad84c5; }
.text { color: #ad84c5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ad84c5; }

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 #ad84c5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ad84c5 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 #ad84c5 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 #ad84c5 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 #ad84c5 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.