Orchid

#ba71af

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 soft. 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 #ba71af, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ba71af

RGB186, 113, 175

HSL309, 35%, 59%

HSV309, 39%, 73%

CMYK0%, 39%, 6%, 27%

Lab57.41, 38.14, -20.92

XYZ33.89, 25.34, 43.66

Decimal12218799

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#b15fa5 #a55098 #934788 #813f77 #6f3666 #5d2d56 #4b2445 #391c34 #271324 #150a13

Tints of orchid

#c07eb6 #c78bbe #cd98c5 #d3a5cc #dab2d4 #e0bfdb #e6cce2 #edd9ea #f3e6f1 #f9f3f8

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#71ba7c Analogous#a171ba Analogous#ba718a Triadic#afba71 Triadic#71afba Split complementary#8aba71 Split complementary#71baa1

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 6, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ba71af on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 6 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 10 33

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 #ba71af straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ba71af; }
.text { color: #ba71af; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ba71af; }

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 #ba71af against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ba71af 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 #ba71af 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 #ba71af 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

Every value on this page for #ba71af is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.