Orchid

#c471fc

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

Orchid is a light purple with a soft cast. 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 #c471fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c471fc

RGB196, 113, 252

HSL276, 96%, 72%

HSV276, 55%, 99%

CMYK22%, 55%, 0%, 1%

Lab62.15, 56.41, -56.75

XYZ46.24, 30.57, 95.56

Decimal12874236

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#b650fb #a930fb #9b0ffa #8905e2 #7504c2 #6103a1 #4e0380 #3a025f #26013f #12011e

Tints of orchid

#c97dfc #ce8afd #d496fd #d9a3fd #deaffd #e3bcfe #e8c8fe #edd5fe #f3e1fe #f8eeff

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#a9fc71 Analogous#7e71fc Analogous#fc71ee Triadic#fcc471 Triadic#71fcc4 Split complementary#eefc71 Split complementary#71fc7f

Orchid in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 22, 55, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c471fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 55 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 55 4 7

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 #c471fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c471fc; }
.text { color: #c471fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c471fc; }

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 #c471fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c471fc 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 #c471fc 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 #c471fc 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 #c471fc 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.