Orchid

#b77eda

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 strong. 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 #b77eda, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b77eda

RGB183, 126, 218

HSL277, 55%, 67%

HSV277, 42%, 85%

CMYK16%, 42%, 0%, 15%

Lab61.7, 38.67, -38.69

XYZ39.64, 30.05, 70.04

Decimal12025562

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#a966d3 #9c4dcc #8e38c2 #7c31aa #6a2a92 #582379 #471c61 #351548 #230e30 #110718

Tints of orchid

#bd8add #c495e1 #caa1e4 #d1ace7 #d7b8eb #dec3ee #e4cff1 #eadaf4 #f1e6f8 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#a1da7e Analogous#897eda Analogous#da7ecf Triadic#dab77e Triadic#7edab7 Split complementary#cfda7e Split complementary#7eda89

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 42, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b77eda on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 42 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 43 4 21

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 #b77eda straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b77eda; }
.text { color: #b77eda; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b77eda; }

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 #b77eda against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b77eda 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 #b77eda 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 #b77eda 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 #b77eda 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.