Orchid

#ca74dd

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 balanced cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #ca74dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca74dd

RGB202, 116, 221

HSL289, 61%, 66%

HSV289, 48%, 87%

CMYK9%, 48%, 0%, 13%

Lab61.88, 50.06, -39.92

XYZ43.65, 30.27, 71.95

Decimal13268189

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#c15bd7 #b743d1 #aa30c5 #952aac #7f2494 #6a1e7b #551862 #40124a #2a0c31 #150619

Tints of orchid

#cf80e0 #d48de3 #d899e6 #dda6e9 #e2b2ec #e7bfef #ebcbf2 #f0d8f5 #f5e4f8 #faf1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#87dd74 Analogous#9574dd Analogous#dd74bb Triadic#ddca74 Triadic#74ddca Split complementary#bcdd74 Split complementary#74dd95

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 9, 48, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca74dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 48 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 48 4 19

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 #ca74dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca74dd; }
.text { color: #ca74dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca74dd; }

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 #ca74dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca74dd 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 #ca74dd 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 #ca74dd 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 #ca74dd 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.