Orchid

#c46abb

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

Orchid sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #c46abb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c46abb

RGB196, 106, 187

HSL306, 43%, 59%

HSV306, 46%, 77%

CMYK0%, 46%, 5%, 23%

Lab57.69, 47.1, -27.27

XYZ36.89, 25.63, 50.02

Decimal12872379

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#bc57b2 #b146a7 #9e3f94 #8b3782 #772f70 #64275e #50204b #3d1839 #291027 #160915

Tints of orchid

#c978c1 #cf85c7 #d493ce #daa0d4 #dfaeda #e4bce0 #eac9e7 #efd7ed #f5e5f3 #faf2f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#6ac473 Analogous#a06ac4 Analogous#c46a8e Triadic#bbc46a Triadic#6abbc4 Split complementary#8ec46a Split complementary#6ac4a0

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 46, 5, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c46abb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 5 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 9 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 #c46abb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c46abb; }
.text { color: #c46abb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c46abb; }

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 #c46abb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c46abb 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 #c46abb 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 #c46abb 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 #c46abb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.