Orchid

#bb81d2

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 283 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 #bb81d2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb81d2

RGB187, 129, 210

HSL283, 47%, 66%

HSV283, 39%, 82%

CMYK11%, 39%, 0%, 18%

Lab62.44, 36.52, -33.02

XYZ39.98, 30.92, 64.83

Decimal12288466

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#af6aca #a254c2 #9441b6 #82399f #6f3188 #5d2971 #4a205b #381844 #25102d #120817

Tints of orchid

#c18cd6 #c798da #cda3de #d3aee2 #d9b9e6 #e0c5ea #e6d0ee #ecdbf2 #f2e7f6 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#98d281 Analogous#9281d2 Analogous#d281c1 Triadic#d2bb81 Triadic#81d2bb Split complementary#c1d281 Split complementary#81d292

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 11, 39, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb81d2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 39 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 40 4 24

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 #bb81d2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb81d2; }
.text { color: #bb81d2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb81d2; }

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 #bb81d2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb81d2 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 #bb81d2 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 #bb81d2 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 #bb81d2 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.