Orchid

#b779c8

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 grounded 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 #b779c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b779c8

RGB183, 121, 200

HSL287, 42%, 63%

HSV287, 40%, 78%

CMYK8%, 40%, 0%, 22%

Lab59.81, 37.63, -31.51

XYZ36.79, 27.91, 58.09

Decimal12024264

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#ac64c0 #a150b7 #9144a6 #7f3c91 #6d337d #5b2b68 #492253 #371a3f #25112a #130916

Tints of orchid

#be85cd #c491d2 #cb9dd7 #d1aadc #d8b6e1 #dec2e6 #e5ceeb #ebdaf0 #f2e6f5 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#8ac879 Analogous#8f79c8 Analogous#c879b2 Triadic#c8b779 Triadic#79c8b7 Split complementary#b2c879 Split complementary#79c88f

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 8, 40, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b779c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 40 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 41 4 28

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 #b779c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b779c8; }
.text { color: #b779c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b779c8; }

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 #b779c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b779c8 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 #b779c8 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 #b779c8 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

The figures for #b779c8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.