Orchid

#dd55cf

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 #dd55cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd55cf

RGB221, 85, 207

HSL306, 67%, 60%

HSV306, 62%, 87%

CMYK0%, 62%, 6%, 13%

Lab58.39, 67.1, -37.32

XYZ44.33, 26.37, 61.79

Decimal14505423

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#d83ec9 #d12ac0 #ba25ab #a32196 #8c1c81 #75176c #5e1357 #470e42 #300a2c #190517

Tints of orchid

#e065d3 #e374d8 #e684dc #e993e1 #eda3e5 #f0b2e9 #f3c2ee #f6d1f2 #f9e1f6 #fcf0fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#55dd63 Analogous#a755dd Analogous#dd558b Triadic#cfdd55 Triadic#55cfdd Split complementary#8bdd55 Split complementary#55dda7

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 62, 6, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd55cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 62 6 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 61 10 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 #dd55cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd55cf; }
.text { color: #dd55cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd55cf; }

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 #dd55cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd55cf 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 #dd55cf 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 #dd55cf 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

Here is how the numbers for #dd55cf are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.