Orchid

#e459cf

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 #e459cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e459cf

RGB228, 89, 207

HSL309, 72%, 62%

HSV309, 61%, 89%

CMYK0%, 61%, 9%, 11%

Lab60.02, 67.24, -34.7

XYZ46.83, 28.14, 62.0

Decimal14965199

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#e040c8 #dc28c1 #c720ae #ae1c98 #951883 #7d146d #641058 #4c0c42 #33082d #1a0417

Tints of orchid

#e668d3 #e977d8 #eb86dc #ee95e0 #f0a4e5 #f3b3e9 #f5c2ed #f8d2f2 #fae1f6 #fdf0fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#59e46e Analogous#b359e4 Analogous#e4598a Triadic#cfe459 Triadic#59cfe4 Split complementary#8ae459 Split complementary#59e4b4

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, 61, 9, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e459cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 9 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 12 17

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Orchid in css

Copy #e459cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e459cf; }
.text { color: #e459cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e459cf; }

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 #e459cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e459cf 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 #e459cf 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 #e459cf 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 #e459cf are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.