Orchid

#d181cd

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 #d181cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d181cd

RGB209, 129, 205

HSL303, 47%, 66%

HSV303, 38%, 82%

CMYK0%, 38%, 2%, 18%

Lab64.69, 42.35, -26.53

XYZ45.16, 33.66, 61.87

Decimal13730253

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#c96ac4 #c154bb #b442ae #9e3a99 #873183 #70296d #5a2157 #431941 #2d102c #160816

Tints of orchid

#d58cd1 #d998d6 #dda3da #e1aedf #e6b9e3 #eac5e8 #eed0ec #f2dbf1 #f6e7f5 #faf2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#81d185 Analogous#ad81d1 Analogous#d181a5 Triadic#cdd181 Triadic#81cdd1 Split complementary#a5d181 Split complementary#81d1ad

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 38, 2, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d181cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 2 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 6 24

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Orchid in css

Copy #d181cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d181cd; }
.text { color: #d181cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d181cd; }

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 #d181cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d181cd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d181cd 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d181cd 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 #d181cd 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. 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.