Medium orchid

#bb39bb

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

Medium orchid sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #bb39bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb39bb

RGB187, 57, 187

HSL300, 53%, 48%

HSV300, 70%, 73%

CMYK0%, 70%, 0%, 27%

Lab48.36, 66.49, -41.97

XYZ30.93, 17.08, 48.68

Decimal12270011

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#ab34ab #9a2f9a #8a2a8a #7a257a #692069 #591b59 #491649 #381138 #280c28 #170717

Tints of medium orchid

#c746c7 #cc59cc #d26cd2 #d87fd8 #de92de #e4a5e4 #e9b8e9 #efcbef #f5def5 #fbf1fb

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#39bb39 Analogous#7a39bb Analogous#bb397a Triadic#bbbb39 Triadic#39bbbb Split complementary#7abb39 Split complementary#39bb7a

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 70, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb39bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 70 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 68 4 33

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.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #bb39bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb39bb; }
.text { color: #bb39bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb39bb; }

How medium orchid looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bb39bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb39bb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bb39bb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium 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 medium orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bb39bb 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 medium orchid, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #bb39bb is computed, not guessed. 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.