Orchid

#d478dd

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

Orchid is a mid pink, confident and easy to pair. 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 #d478dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d478dd

RGB212, 120, 221

HSL295, 60%, 67%

HSV295, 46%, 87%

CMYK4%, 46%, 0%, 13%

Lab63.88, 50.86, -36.71

XYZ46.92, 32.65, 72.24

Decimal13924573

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#cc5fd7 #c446d1 #b932c6 #a22cad #8b2594 #731f7c #5c1963 #45134a #2e0c31 #170618

Tints of orchid

#d884e0 #dc90e3 #e09ce6 #e3a8e9 #e7b4ec #ebc0ef #efcdf2 #f3d9f5 #f7e5f8 #faf1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#81dd78 Analogous#a178dd Analogous#dd78b4 Triadic#ddd478 Triadic#78ddd4 Split complementary#b3dd78 Split complementary#78dda2

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 4, 46, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d478dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 46 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 46 4 19

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 #d478dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d478dd; }
.text { color: #d478dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d478dd; }

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 #d478dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d478dd 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 #d478dd 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 #d478dd 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 #d478dd is computed, not guessed. 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.