Orchid

#ca6bbf

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

This is Orchid, a soft pink at 307 degrees. 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 #ca6bbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca6bbf

RGB202, 107, 191

HSL307, 47%, 61%

HSV307, 47%, 79%

CMYK0%, 47%, 5%, 21%

Lab58.82, 49.11, -27.74

XYZ39.02, 26.83, 52.41

Decimal13265855

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#c357b6 #bb43ad #a63b9a #923487 #7d2d74 #692561 #541e4e #40173b #2b0f28 #170815

Tints of orchid

#cf78c5 #d486cb #d893d0 #dda1d6 #e2aedc #e7bce2 #ecc9e8 #f1d7ee #f5e4f3 #faf2f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#6bca76 Analogous#a56bca Analogous#ca6b90 Triadic#bfca6b Triadic#6bbfca Split complementary#90ca6b Split complementary#6bcaa5

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 0, 47, 5, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca6bbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 5 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 9 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 #ca6bbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca6bbf; }
.text { color: #ca6bbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca6bbf; }

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 #ca6bbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca6bbf 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 #ca6bbf 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 #ca6bbf 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 #ca6bbf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.