Orchid

#c283ea

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

This is Orchid, a strong purple at 277 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #c283ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c283ea

RGB194, 131, 234

HSL277, 71%, 72%

HSV277, 44%, 92%

CMYK17%, 44%, 0%, 8%

Lab64.68, 42.57, -42.83

XYZ45.22, 33.64, 81.95

Decimal12747754

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#b466e5 #a64ae0 #982ddb #8621c6 #731da9 #5f188d #4c1370 #380e53 #250937 #12041a

Tints of orchid

#c78eec #cd99ee #d2a4f0 #d7aef1 #ddb9f3 #e2c4f5 #e7cff7 #eddaf9 #f2e5fb #f7f0fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#abea83 Analogous#8f83ea Analogous#ea83de Triadic#eac283 Triadic#83eac2 Split complementary#deea83 Split complementary#83ea8f

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 17, 44, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c283ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 44 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 44 4 14

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 #c283ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c283ea; }
.text { color: #c283ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c283ea; }

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 #c283ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c283ea 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 #c283ea 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 #c283ea 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

The figures for #c283ea come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.