Orchid

#ee72cf

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 #ee72cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee72cf

RGB238, 114, 207

HSL315, 78%, 69%

HSV315, 52%, 93%

CMYK0%, 52%, 13%, 7%

Lab65.53, 58.94, -26.06

XYZ52.54, 34.72, 62.96

Decimal15626959

Web safe#ff66cc

Pantone2375 C

Shades of orchid

#eb55c5 #e739bb #e41cb2 #c7189c #ab1585 #8e116f #710e58 #550a42 #38072c #1b0315

Tints of orchid

#f07fd3 #f18bd8 #f398dc #f4a4e0 #f6b1e4 #f7bde9 #f9caed #fad6f1 #fce3f5 #fdeffa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#72ee91 Analogous#cf72ee Analogous#ee7291 Triadic#cfee72 Triadic#72cfee Split complementary#91ee72 Split complementary#72eecf

Orchid in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 13, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee72cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 13 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 16 13

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 #ee72cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee72cf; }
.text { color: #ee72cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee72cf; }

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 #ee72cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee72cf 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 #ee72cf 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 #ee72cf 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 #ee72cf 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. 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.