Orchid

#bb64ac

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

Orchid is a mid pink, grounded and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bb64ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb64ac

RGB187, 100, 172

HSL310, 39%, 56%

HSV310, 47%, 73%

CMYK0%, 47%, 8%, 27%

Lab54.72, 44.81, -23.3

XYZ32.5, 22.66, 41.69

Decimal12281004

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#b352a2 #a44894 #924084 #803874 #6e3064 #5d2954 #4b2144 #391933 #271123 #150913

Tints of orchid

#c172b4 #c881bb #ce8fc3 #d49dcb #daabd2 #e1bada #e7c8e1 #edd6e9 #f3e4f1 #faf3f8

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#64bb73 Analogous#9f64bb Analogous#bb6480 Triadic#acbb64 Triadic#64acbb Split complementary#80bb64 Split complementary#64bb9f

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 0, 47, 8, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb64ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 8 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 11 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.

Orchid in css

Copy #bb64ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb64ac; }
.text { color: #bb64ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb64ac; }

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 #bb64ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb64ac 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 #bb64ac 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 #bb64ac 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 #bb64ac are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.