Orchid

#b97ee2

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 #b97ee2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b97ee2

RGB185, 126, 226

HSL275, 63%, 69%

HSV275, 44%, 89%

CMYK18%, 44%, 0%, 11%

Lab62.28, 40.99, -42.23

XYZ41.2, 30.73, 75.71

Decimal12156642

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#ab64dc #9d4ad6 #8e2fd0 #7c29b6 #6b239c #591d82 #471768 #35114d #230c33 #110619

Tints of orchid

#bf89e5 #c595e7 #cca0ea #d2acec #d8b7ef #dec3f1 #e4cef4 #ebdaf7 #f1e5f9 #f7f0fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#a7e27e Analogous#877ee2 Analogous#e27ed9 Triadic#e2b97e Triadic#7ee2b9 Split complementary#d9e27e Split complementary#7ee287

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 18, 44, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b97ee2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 44 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 44 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 #b97ee2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b97ee2; }
.text { color: #b97ee2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b97ee2; }

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 #b97ee2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b97ee2 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 #b97ee2 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 #b97ee2 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

Here is how the numbers for #b97ee2 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.