Orchid

#d856bb

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 strong. 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 #d856bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d856bb

RGB216, 86, 187

HSL313, 63%, 59%

HSV313, 60%, 85%

CMYK0%, 60%, 13%, 15%

Lab56.92, 62.29, -28.23

XYZ40.62, 24.84, 49.67

Decimal14177979

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#d340b2 #c92ea7 #b32994 #9d2482 #871f70 #711a5e #5b154b #451039 #2f0b27 #190615

Tints of orchid

#dc65c1 #df75c7 #e384ce #e694d4 #eaa3da #edb3e0 #f1c2e7 #f5d2ed #f8e1f3 #fcf0f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#56d873 Analogous#b456d8 Analogous#d8567a Triadic#bbd856 Triadic#56bbd8 Split complementary#7ad856 Split complementary#56d8b4

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, 60, 13, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d856bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 60 13 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 59 16 21

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 #d856bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d856bb; }
.text { color: #d856bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d856bb; }

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 #d856bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d856bb 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 #d856bb 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 #d856bb 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 #d856bb 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.