Orchid

#b282cc

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

Orchid falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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 #b282cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b282cc

RGB178, 130, 204

HSL279, 42%, 65%

HSV279, 36%, 80%

CMYK13%, 36%, 0%, 20%

Lab61.47, 31.94, -31.22

XYZ37.24, 29.79, 60.91

Decimal11698892

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#a56cc3 #9757ba #8946ad #783e97 #673581 #552c6c #442356 #331a41 #22122b #110916

Tints of orchid

#b98dd1 #c098d5 #c7a4da #ceafde #d5bae3 #dcc5e7 #e2d1ec #e9dcf1 #f0e7f5 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#9ccc82 Analogous#8d82cc Analogous#cc82c1 Triadic#ccb282 Triadic#82ccb2 Split complementary#c1cc82 Split complementary#82cc8d

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 13, 36, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b282cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 36 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 37 4 26

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 #b282cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b282cc; }
.text { color: #b282cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b282cc; }

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 #b282cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b282cc 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 #b282cc 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 #b282cc 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 #b282cc are worked out. 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.