Orchid

#ae7dbe

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

This is Orchid, a soft purple at 285 degrees. 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 #ae7dbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae7dbe

RGB174, 125, 190

HSL285, 33%, 62%

HSV285, 34%, 75%

CMYK8%, 34%, 0%, 25%

Lab59.33, 30.54, -26.66

XYZ34.08, 27.38, 52.2

Decimal11435454

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#a26ab5 #9657ab #864d99 #764386 #653a73 #543060 #44274d #331d3a #231427 #120a14

Tints of orchid

#b589c4 #bd95ca #c4a0d0 #cbacd6 #d3b8dc #dac4e1 #e2d0e7 #e9dbed #f0e7f3 #f8f3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#8dbe7d Analogous#8e7dbe Analogous#be7dad Triadic#beae7d Triadic#7dbeae Split complementary#aebe7d Split complementary#7dbe8e

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 8, 34, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae7dbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 34 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 35 4 31

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 #ae7dbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae7dbe; }
.text { color: #ae7dbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae7dbe; }

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 #ae7dbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae7dbe 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 #ae7dbe 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 #ae7dbe 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 #ae7dbe is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.