Orchid

#ba7bc4

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

This is Orchid, a soft pink at 292 degrees. 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 #ba7bc4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ba7bc4

RGB186, 123, 196

HSL292, 38%, 63%

HSV292, 37%, 77%

CMYK5%, 37%, 0%, 23%

Lab60.42, 36.66, -28.27

XYZ37.3, 28.59, 55.78

Decimal12221380

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#b067bb #a553b2 #9448a1 #823f8d #703679 #5d2d65 #4b2451 #381b3d #261229 #140915

Tints of orchid

#c087c9 #c793cf #cd9fd4 #d3abd9 #d9b7df #e0c3e4 #e6cfe9 #ecdbef #f2e7f4 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#85c47b Analogous#957bc4 Analogous#c47baa Triadic#c4ba7b Triadic#7bc4ba Split complementary#aac47b Split complementary#7bc495

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 5, 37, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ba7bc4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 37 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 38 4 29

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 #ba7bc4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ba7bc4; }
.text { color: #ba7bc4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ba7bc4; }

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 #ba7bc4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ba7bc4 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 #ba7bc4 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 #ba7bc4 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 #ba7bc4 are worked out. 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.