Orchid

#cc72e7

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #cc72e7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cc72e7

RGB204, 114, 231

HSL286, 71%, 68%

HSV286, 51%, 91%

CMYK12%, 51%, 0%, 9%

Lab62.2, 53.6, -44.98

XYZ45.34, 30.64, 79.13

Decimal13398759

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#c257e2 #b93cde #ad24d6 #9720bb #821ba0 #6c1786 #56126b #410e50 #2b0935 #15041a

Tints of orchid

#d17fe9 #d58beb #da98ed #dea4f0 #e3b1f2 #e7bdf4 #eccaf6 #f0d7f8 #f5e3fa #f9f0fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#8de772 Analogous#9272e7 Analogous#e772c7 Triadic#e7cc72 Triadic#72e7cc Split complementary#c8e772 Split complementary#72e792

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 51, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cc72e7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 51 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 51 4 15

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 #cc72e7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cc72e7; }
.text { color: #cc72e7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cc72e7; }

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 #cc72e7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cc72e7 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 #cc72e7 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 #cc72e7 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 #cc72e7 is computed, not guessed. 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.