Orchid

#b87ce2

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 confident cast. 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 #b87ce2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b87ce2

RGB184, 124, 226

HSL275, 64%, 69%

HSV275, 45%, 89%

CMYK19%, 45%, 0%, 11%

Lab61.74, 41.8, -43.08

XYZ40.7, 30.1, 75.62

Decimal12090594

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#aa62dc #9c48d6 #8d2ed0 #7c28b6 #6a229c #581d82 #461768 #35114d #230b33 #110619

Tints of orchid

#be88e5 #c593e7 #cb9fea #d1abec #d8b6ef #dec2f1 #e4cdf4 #ead9f7 #f1e5f9 #f7f0fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#a6e27c Analogous#857ce2 Analogous#e27cd9 Triadic#e2b87c Triadic#7ce2b8 Split complementary#d9e27c Split complementary#7ce285

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 19, 45, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b87ce2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 45 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 45 4 17

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 #b87ce2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b87ce2; }
.text { color: #b87ce2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b87ce2; }

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 #b87ce2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b87ce2 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 #b87ce2 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 #b87ce2 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 #b87ce2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.