Orchid

#b77fdf

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

This is Orchid, a strong purple at 275 degrees. 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 #b77fdf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b77fdf

RGB183, 127, 223

HSL275, 60%, 69%

HSV275, 43%, 87%

CMYK18%, 43%, 0%, 13%

Lab62.15, 39.22, -40.77

XYZ40.44, 30.57, 73.58

Decimal12025823

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#a965d9 #9a4cd2 #8c33cb #7a2cb2 #692698 #57207f #461965 #34134c #220d32 #110618

Tints of orchid

#bd8ae2 #c496e5 #caa1e8 #d1acea #d7b8ed #ddc3f0 #e4cff3 #eadaf6 #f1e5f9 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#a7df7f Analogous#877fdf Analogous#df7fd7 Triadic#dfb77f Triadic#7fdfb7 Split complementary#d7df7f Split complementary#7fdf87

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 18, 43, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b77fdf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 43 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 44 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Orchid in css

Copy #b77fdf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b77fdf; }
.text { color: #b77fdf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b77fdf; }

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 #b77fdf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b77fdf 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 #b77fdf 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 #b77fdf 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 #b77fdf 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 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.