Orchid

#ca79ec

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

Orchid falls in the purple range, light and strong. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #ca79ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca79ec

RGB202, 121, 236

HSL282, 75%, 70%

HSV282, 49%, 93%

CMYK14%, 49%, 0%, 7%

Lab63.58, 50.5, -45.6

XYZ46.33, 32.29, 83.15

Decimal13269484

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#bf5ce8 #b340e4 #a823e0 #941cc6 #7f18aa #69148d #541071 #3f0c54 #290837 #14041b

Tints of orchid

#cf85ee #d391ef #d89df1 #dda8f3 #e1b4f4 #e6c0f6 #ebccf8 #efd8f9 #f4e4fb #f9effd

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#9bec79 Analogous#9079ec Analogous#ec79d4 Triadic#ecca79 Triadic#79ecca Split complementary#d5ec79 Split complementary#79ec90

Orchid in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 14, 49, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca79ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 49 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 49 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ca79ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca79ec; }
.text { color: #ca79ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca79ec; }

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 #ca79ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca79ec 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 #ca79ec 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 #ca79ec 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 #ca79ec 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. 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.