Orchid

#ba84bd

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 297 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 #ba84bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ba84bd

RGB186, 132, 189

HSL297, 30%, 63%

HSV297, 30%, 74%

CMYK2%, 30%, 0%, 26%

Lab62.18, 30.33, -21.6

XYZ37.69, 30.62, 52.07

Decimal12223677

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#af71b3 #a55ea9 #945298 #824885 #703d72 #5d3360 #4b294d #381f3a #261527 #130b14

Tints of orchid

#c08fc3 #c69ac9 #cda5cf #d3b1d5 #d9bcdb #dfc7e1 #e6d2e7 #ecdded #f2e8f3 #f8f3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#87bd84 Analogous#9e84bd Analogous#bd84a3 Triadic#bdba84 Triadic#84bdba Split complementary#a4bd84 Split complementary#84bd9d

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 30, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ba84bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 30 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 32 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 #ba84bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ba84bd; }
.text { color: #ba84bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ba84bd; }

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 #ba84bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ba84bd 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 #ba84bd 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 #ba84bd 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 #ba84bd are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.