Orchid

#c274ee

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 strong. 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 #c274ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c274ee

RGB194, 116, 238

HSL278, 78%, 69%

HSV278, 51%, 93%

CMYK18%, 51%, 0%, 7%

Lab61.77, 51.36, -49.63

XYZ43.93, 30.13, 84.39

Decimal12743918

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#b557ea #a93ae7 #9c1ee3 #8918c8 #7515ab #61118f #4e0e72 #3a0a55 #260738 #13031b

Tints of orchid

#c780f0 #cd8df1 #d299f3 #d8a5f4 #ddb2f6 #e2bef7 #e8caf9 #edd6fa #f3e3fc #f8effd

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#a0ee74 Analogous#8574ee Analogous#ee74dd Triadic#eec274 Triadic#74eec2 Split complementary#ddee74 Split complementary#74ee85

Orchid in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 18, 51, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c274ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 51 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 51 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #c274ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c274ee; }
.text { color: #c274ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c274ee; }

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 #c274ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c274ee 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 #c274ee 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 #c274ee 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 #c274ee is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.