Orchid

#bb7bca

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

This is Orchid, a soft purple at 289 degrees. 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 #bb7bca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb7bca

RGB187, 123, 202

HSL289, 43%, 64%

HSV289, 39%, 79%

CMYK7%, 39%, 0%, 21%

Lab60.78, 38.17, -31.1

XYZ38.24, 28.99, 59.46

Decimal12286922

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#b066c2 #a551b9 #9644a9 #833b94 #70337f #5e2b6a #4b2255 #391a40 #26112b #130916

Tints of orchid

#c187cf #c793d4 #cd9fd8 #d4abdd #dab7e2 #e0c3e7 #e6ceec #ecdaf0 #f2e6f5 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#8aca7b Analogous#937bca Analogous#ca7bb1 Triadic#cabb7b Triadic#7bcabb Split complementary#b1ca7b Split complementary#7bca93

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 39, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb7bca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 39 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 40 4 27

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 #bb7bca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb7bca; }
.text { color: #bb7bca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb7bca; }

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 #bb7bca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb7bca 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 #bb7bca 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 #bb7bca 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 #bb7bca is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.