Orchid

#cb72df

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

Orchid is a mid purple with a balanced cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #cb72df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb72df

RGB203, 114, 223

HSL289, 63%, 66%

HSV289, 49%, 87%

CMYK9%, 49%, 0%, 13%

Lab61.7, 51.75, -41.31

XYZ43.97, 30.06, 73.3

Decimal13333215

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#c259d9 #b940d4 #ab2dc8 #9628af #812296 #6b1c7d #561764 #40114b #2b0b32 #150619

Tints of orchid

#d07fe2 #d48be5 #d998e8 #dea5ea #e2b1ed #e7bef0 #eccbf3 #f0d7f6 #f5e4f9 #faf0fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#86df72 Analogous#9472df Analogous#df72bc Triadic#dfcb72 Triadic#72dfcb Split complementary#bcdf72 Split complementary#72df95

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 49, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb72df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 49 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 49 4 19

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 #cb72df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb72df; }
.text { color: #cb72df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb72df; }

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 #cb72df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb72df 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 #cb72df 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 #cb72df 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 #cb72df is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.