Orchid

#cd5abd

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 soft. 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 #cd5abd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd5abd

RGB205, 90, 189

HSL308, 53%, 58%

HSV308, 56%, 80%

CMYK0%, 56%, 8%, 20%

Lab56.05, 57.83, -30.85

XYZ38.02, 23.97, 50.77

Decimal13458109

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#c746b5 #ba38a8 #a63295 #912c83 #7d2671 #69205f #541a4c #40133a #2c0d28 #170715

Tints of orchid

#d269c3 #d678c9 #db87cf #df97d5 #e4a6db #e9b5e1 #edc4e7 #f2d3ed #f6e2f3 #fbf1fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#5acd6a Analogous#a35acd Analogous#cd5a84 Triadic#bdcd5a Triadic#5abdcd Split complementary#83cd5a Split complementary#5acda3

Orchid in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 56, 8, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd5abd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 56 8 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 11 26

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 #cd5abd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd5abd; }
.text { color: #cd5abd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd5abd; }

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 #cd5abd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd5abd 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 #cd5abd 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 #cd5abd 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 #cd5abd 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.