Orchid

#ca74ca

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 300 degrees. 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 #ca74ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca74ca

RGB202, 116, 202

HSL300, 45%, 62%

HSV300, 43%, 79%

CMYK0%, 43%, 0%, 21%

Lab61.06, 46.46, -30.53

XYZ41.26, 29.31, 59.36

Decimal13268170

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#c25fc2 #ba4aba #a840a8 #933893 #7e307e #692869 #552055 #401840 #2b102b #160816

Tints of orchid

#cf81cf #d48dd4 #d89ad8 #dda6dd #e2b3e2 #e7c0e7 #ecccec #f0d9f0 #f5e5f5 #faf2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#74ca74 Analogous#9f74ca Analogous#ca749f Triadic#caca74 Triadic#74caca Split complementary#9fca74 Split complementary#74ca9f

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca74ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 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 #ca74ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca74ca; }
.text { color: #ca74ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca74ca; }

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 #ca74ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca74ca 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 #ca74ca 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 #ca74ca 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

Every value on this page for #ca74ca is computed, not guessed. 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.