Orchid

#cd5fc8

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. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #cd5fc8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd5fc8

RGB205, 95, 200

HSL303, 52%, 59%

HSV303, 54%, 80%

CMYK0%, 54%, 2%, 20%

Lab57.4, 57.36, -35.05

XYZ39.69, 25.33, 57.44

Decimal13459400

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#c74ac1 #bc3bb6 #a734a2 #922e8e #7e277a #692166 #551b52 #40143e #2c0e2a #170717

Tints of orchid

#d26ecd #d67cd2 #db8bd7 #df9adc #e4a8e1 #e8b7e6 #edc5eb #f2d4f0 #f6e3f5 #fbf1fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#5fcd64 Analogous#9b5fcd Analogous#cd5f91 Triadic#c8cd5f Triadic#5fc8cd Split complementary#91cd5f Split complementary#5fcd9b

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 54, 2, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd5fc8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 54 2 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 54 6 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 #cd5fc8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd5fc8; }
.text { color: #cd5fc8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd5fc8; }

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 #cd5fc8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd5fc8 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 #cd5fc8 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 #cd5fc8 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 #cd5fc8 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.