Orchid

#c56ada

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

Orchid is a mid purple with a confident cast. 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 #c56ada, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c56ada

RGB197, 106, 218

HSL289, 60%, 64%

HSV289, 51%, 85%

CMYK10%, 51%, 0%, 15%

Lab59.2, 53.16, -42.5

XYZ40.83, 27.24, 69.44

Decimal12937946

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#bc52d4 #b33bce #a22fbd #8e29a6 #7a238e #661d77 #52185f #3d1248 #290c30 #150619

Tints of orchid

#ca77dd #cf85e1 #d592e4 #daa0e7 #dfadeb #e4bbee #eac8f1 #efd6f5 #f4e3f8 #f9f1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#7fda6a Analogous#8d6ada Analogous#da6ab7 Triadic#dac56a Triadic#6adac5 Split complementary#b7da6a Split complementary#6ada8d

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 51, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c56ada on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 51 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 51 4 21

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 #c56ada straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c56ada; }
.text { color: #c56ada; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c56ada; }

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 #c56ada against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c56ada 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 #c56ada 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 #c56ada 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 #c56ada are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.