Medium orchid

#bb39dc

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

This is Medium orchid, a strong purple at 288 degrees. 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.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #bb39dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb39dc

RGB187, 57, 220

HSL288, 70%, 54%

HSV288, 74%, 86%

CMYK15%, 74%, 0%, 14%

Lab50.29, 72.24, -57.9

XYZ34.87, 18.66, 69.47

Decimal12270044

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#b326d6 #a122c2 #901fad #7e1b98 #6d1783 #5b136e #4a1059 #390c44 #27082f #16051a

Tints of medium orchid

#c14bdf #c85ee2 #ce70e6 #d482e9 #da94ec #e1a7ef #e7b9f3 #edcbf6 #f4def9 #faf0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#5adc39 Analogous#6a39dc Analogous#dc39ab Triadic#dcbb39 Triadic#39dcbb Split complementary#abdc39 Split complementary#39dc6a

Medium orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 74, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb39dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 74 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 72 4 20

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 #bb39dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb39dc; }
.text { color: #bb39dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb39dc; }

How medium orchid looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bb39dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb39dc 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 #bb39dc 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 #bb39dc 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bb39dc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.