Orchid

#c486ca

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. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #c486ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c486ca

RGB196, 134, 202

HSL295, 39%, 66%

HSV295, 34%, 79%

CMYK3%, 34%, 0%, 21%

Lab64.2, 34.99, -25.73

XYZ41.95, 33.05, 60.05

Decimal12879562

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#ba71c1 #af5cb7 #a24aaa #8d4195 #79387f #652f6a #512555 #3d1c40 #28132b #140915

Tints of orchid

#c991cf #cf9cd4 #d4a7d8 #d9b1dd #debce2 #e4c7e7 #e9d2eb #eeddf0 #f4e8f5 #f9f3fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#8cca86 Analogous#a286ca Analogous#ca86ae Triadic#cac486 Triadic#86cac4 Split complementary#aeca86 Split complementary#86caa2

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 3, 34, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c486ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 34 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 35 4 27

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 #c486ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c486ca; }
.text { color: #c486ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c486ca; }

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 #c486ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c486ca 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 #c486ca 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 #c486ca 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

Here is how the numbers for #c486ca are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.