Orchid

#bb81d5

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

Orchid falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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 #bb81d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb81d5

RGB187, 129, 213

HSL281, 50%, 67%

HSV281, 39%, 84%

CMYK12%, 39%, 0%, 16%

Lab62.57, 37.15, -34.5

XYZ40.35, 31.07, 66.82

Decimal12288469

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#ae6acd #a252c5 #943eba #8136a3 #6f2f8c #5c2774 #4a1f5d #371746 #250f2e #120817

Tints of orchid

#c18cd9 #c798dd #cda3e0 #d3aee4 #d9b9e8 #dfc5ec #e6d0ef #ecdbf3 #f2e6f7 #f8f2fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#9bd581 Analogous#9181d5 Analogous#d581c5 Triadic#d5bb81 Triadic#81d5bb Split complementary#c5d581 Split complementary#81d591

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 12, 39, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb81d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 39 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 40 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 #bb81d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb81d5; }
.text { color: #bb81d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb81d5; }

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 #bb81d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb81d5 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 #bb81d5 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 #bb81d5 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 #bb81d5 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.