Orchid

#e264ca

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 #e264ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e264ca

RGB226, 100, 202

HSL311, 68%, 64%

HSV311, 56%, 89%

CMYK0%, 56%, 11%, 11%

Lab61.26, 61.19, -29.96

XYZ46.58, 29.55, 59.13

Decimal14836938

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#dd4bc1 #d932b9 #c825a9 #af2194 #961c7f #7d176a #641355 #4c0e40 #33092b #1a0516

Tints of orchid

#e572cf #e780d4 #ea8ed8 #ec9cdd #efaae2 #f2b8e7 #f4c6ec #f7d4f0 #fae2f5 #fcf0fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#64e27c Analogous#bb64e2 Analogous#e2648b Triadic#cae264 Triadic#64cae2 Split complementary#8be264 Split complementary#64e2bb

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 56, 11, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e264ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 56 11 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 14 17

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 #e264ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e264ca; }
.text { color: #e264ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e264ca; }

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 #e264ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e264ca 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 #e264ca 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 #e264ca 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 #e264ca come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.