Orchid

#cb6cd4

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

Orchid sits in the pink band, mid and strong. 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 #cb6cd4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb6cd4

RGB203, 108, 212

HSL295, 55%, 63%

HSV295, 49%, 83%

CMYK4%, 49%, 0%, 17%

Lab60.05, 52.67, -37.73

XYZ41.87, 28.18, 65.52

Decimal13331668

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#c356cd #bb3fc7 #a935b4 #942e9e #7f2888 #6a2171 #551b5b #401444 #2b0d2e #160718

Tints of orchid

#d079d8 #d487dc #d994e0 #dea1e4 #e3afe7 #e7bceb #ecc9ef #f1d7f3 #f5e4f7 #faf1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#75d46c Analogous#976cd4 Analogous#d46ca9 Triadic#d4cb6c Triadic#6cd4cb Split complementary#a9d46c Split complementary#6cd497

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 4, 49, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb6cd4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 49 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 49 4 23

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 #cb6cd4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb6cd4; }
.text { color: #cb6cd4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb6cd4; }

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 #cb6cd4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb6cd4 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 #cb6cd4 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 #cb6cd4 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 #cb6cd4 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.