Medium orchid

#bb3ddf

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 287 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 #bb3ddf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb3ddf

RGB187, 61, 223

HSL287, 72%, 56%

HSV287, 73%, 87%

CMYK16%, 73%, 0%, 13%

Lab50.96, 71.42, -58.52

XYZ35.48, 19.23, 71.65

Decimal12271071

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of medium orchid

#b327db #a321c8 #911db3 #801a9d #6e1687 #5c1371 #4b0f5c #390c46 #270830 #15041a

Tints of medium orchid

#c14fe2 #c861e5 #ce73e8 #d484eb #da96ee #e1a8f1 #e7baf4 #edccf7 #f3defa #faf0fc

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#61df3d Analogous#6a3ddf Analogous#df3db2 Triadic#dfbb3d Triadic#3ddfbb Split complementary#b2df3d Split complementary#3ddf6a

Medium orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 73, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb3ddf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 73 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 71 4 19

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 #bb3ddf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb3ddf; }
.text { color: #bb3ddf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb3ddf; }

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 #bb3ddf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb3ddf 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 #bb3ddf 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 #bb3ddf 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 #bb3ddf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.