Orchid

#ad7bb8

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

This is Orchid, a soft purple at 289 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #ad7bb8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ad7bb8

RGB173, 123, 184

HSL289, 30%, 60%

HSV289, 33%, 72%

CMYK6%, 33%, 0%, 28%

Lab58.52, 30.11, -24.5

XYZ32.97, 26.51, 48.73

Decimal11369400

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#a269ae #9658a4 #864e92 #754580 #653b6e #54315c #44284a #331e38 #231426 #120b14

Tints of orchid

#b487be #bc93c5 #c39fcb #cbabd2 #d2b7d8 #dac3df #e1cfe5 #e9dbec #f0e7f2 #f8f3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#86b87b Analogous#8e7bb8 Analogous#b87ba4 Triadic#b8ad7b Triadic#7bb8ad Split complementary#a4b87b Split complementary#7bb88f

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 6, 33, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ad7bb8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 33 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 34 4 34

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Orchid in css

Copy #ad7bb8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ad7bb8; }
.text { color: #ad7bb8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ad7bb8; }

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 #ad7bb8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ad7bb8 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 #ad7bb8 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 #ad7bb8 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 #ad7bb8 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.