Orchid

#bb7ad5

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

Orchid is a mid purple with a grounded cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bb7ad5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb7ad5

RGB187, 122, 213

HSL283, 52%, 66%

HSV283, 43%, 84%

CMYK12%, 43%, 0%, 16%

Lab61.03, 40.96, -36.89

XYZ39.46, 29.29, 66.52

Decimal12286677

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#af63ce #a34cc6 #953ab9 #8233a2 #702c8b #5d2574 #4b1d5d #381646 #250f2e #130717

Tints of orchid

#c186d9 #c792dd #cd9ee0 #d3aae4 #dab6e8 #e0c2ec #e6ceef #ecdaf3 #f2e5f7 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#94d57a Analogous#8e7ad5 Analogous#d57ac1 Triadic#d5bb7a Triadic#7ad5bb Split complementary#c2d57a Split complementary#7ad58d

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 12, 43, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb7ad5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 43 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 44 4 22

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 #bb7ad5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb7ad5; }
.text { color: #bb7ad5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb7ad5; }

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 #bb7ad5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb7ad5 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 #bb7ad5 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 #bb7ad5 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

Every value on this page for #bb7ad5 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.