Orchid

#ba77bc

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

Orchid is a mid pink, balanced and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #ba77bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ba77bc

RGB186, 119, 188

HSL298, 34%, 60%

HSV298, 37%, 74%

CMYK1%, 37%, 0%, 26%

Lab59.22, 37.29, -25.58

XYZ35.92, 27.26, 50.95

Decimal12220348

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#b164b3 #a653a9 #944a96 #824184 #6f3871 #5d2f5f #4b254c #391c3a #261327 #140a15

Tints of orchid

#c083c2 #c790c8 #cd9cce #d3a9d4 #d9b5db #e0c1e1 #e6cee7 #ecdaed #f3e7f3 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#79bc77 Analogous#9777bc Analogous#bc779c Triadic#bcba77 Triadic#77bcba Split complementary#9cbc77 Split complementary#77bc98

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 1, 37, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ba77bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 37 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 38 4 32

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 #ba77bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ba77bc; }
.text { color: #ba77bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ba77bc; }

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 #ba77bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ba77bc 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 #ba77bc 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 #ba77bc 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 #ba77bc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.