Orchid

#cd5dc7

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

This is Orchid, a soft pink at 303 degrees. 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 #cd5dc7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd5dc7

RGB205, 93, 199

HSL303, 53%, 58%

HSV303, 55%, 80%

CMYK0%, 55%, 3%, 20%

Lab57.01, 58.12, -35.09

XYZ39.4, 24.93, 56.77

Decimal13458887

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#c749c0 #bb3ab4 #a633a0 #922d8d #7e2779 #692065 #551a52 #40143e #2c0e2a #170717

Tints of orchid

#d26ccc #d67bd1 #db8ad6 #df98dc #e4a7e1 #e8b6e6 #edc5eb #f2d4f0 #f6e3f5 #fbf1fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#5dcd63 Analogous#9b5dcd Analogous#cd5d8f Triadic#c7cd5d Triadic#5dc7cd Split complementary#8fcd5d Split complementary#5dcd9b

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 55, 3, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd5dc7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 55 3 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 55 7 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 #cd5dc7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd5dc7; }
.text { color: #cd5dc7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd5dc7; }

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 #cd5dc7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd5dc7 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 #cd5dc7 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 #cd5dc7 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 #cd5dc7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.