Orchid

#ad84c6

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 #ad84c6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ad84c6

RGB173, 132, 198

HSL277, 37%, 65%

HSV277, 33%, 78%

CMYK13%, 33%, 0%, 22%

Lab61.19, 27.97, -28.32

XYZ35.68, 29.46, 57.23

Decimal11371718

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of orchid

#9f70bd #925bb3 #834ca4 #724390 #62397b #523067 #422652 #311d3e #211329 #110a15

Tints of orchid

#b48fcb #bc9ad0 #c3a5d5 #cbb0db #d2bbe0 #d9c6e5 #e1d2ea #e8ddef #efe8f4 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#9dc684 Analogous#8c84c6 Analogous#c684be Triadic#c6ad84 Triadic#84c6ad Split complementary#bec684 Split complementary#84c68c

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 13, 33, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ad84c6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 33 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 34 4 28

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 #ad84c6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ad84c6; }
.text { color: #ad84c6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ad84c6; }

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 #ad84c6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ad84c6 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 #ad84c6 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 #ad84c6 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 #ad84c6 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.