Orchid

#e146bd

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

This is Orchid, a strong pink at 314 degrees. 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 #e146bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e146bd

RGB225, 70, 189

HSL314, 72%, 58%

HSV314, 69%, 88%

CMYK0%, 69%, 16%, 12%

Lab56.15, 71.13, -30.47

XYZ42.43, 24.06, 50.55

Decimal14763709

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone238 C

Shades of orchid

#dd2fb5 #d022a8 #ba1e95 #a31a83 #8c1771 #75135f #5f0f4c #480c3a #310828 #1a0415

Tints of orchid

#e457c3 #e768c9 #e979cf #ec8ad5 #ef9bdb #f2ace1 #f4bde7 #f7ceed #fadff3 #fdf0fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#46e16a Analogous#b846e1 Analogous#e1466f Triadic#bde146 Triadic#46bde1 Split complementary#6fe146 Split complementary#46e1b8

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, 69, 16, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e146bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 69 16 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 19 18

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #e146bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e146bd; }
.text { color: #e146bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e146bd; }

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 #e146bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e146bd 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 #e146bd 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 #e146bd 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 #e146bd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.