Orchid

#b37ecd

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 #b37ecd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b37ecd

RGB179, 126, 205

HSL280, 44%, 65%

HSV280, 39%, 80%

CMYK13%, 39%, 0%, 20%

Lab60.7, 34.69, -32.97

XYZ37.07, 28.91, 61.38

Decimal11763405

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#a668c5 #9953bc #8b43ae #793b98 #683382 #572a6d #452257 #341941 #23112c #120916

Tints of orchid

#ba8ad2 #c195d6 #c8a1db #ceacdf #d5b8e4 #dcc4e8 #e3cfed #eadbf1 #f1e7f6 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#98cd7e Analogous#8b7ecd Analogous#cd7ec0 Triadic#cdb37e Triadic#7ecdb3 Split complementary#c0cd7e Split complementary#7ecd8b

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 13, 39, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b37ecd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 39 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 40 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Orchid in css

Copy #b37ecd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b37ecd; }
.text { color: #b37ecd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b37ecd; }

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 #b37ecd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b37ecd 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 #b37ecd 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 #b37ecd 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 #b37ecd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.