Orchid

#bb8ae7

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

Orchid falls in the purple range, light and strong. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bb8ae7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb8ae7

RGB187, 138, 231

HSL272, 66%, 72%

HSV272, 40%, 91%

CMYK19%, 40%, 0%, 9%

Lab65.37, 36.09, -40.14

XYZ44.01, 34.51, 79.94

Decimal12290791

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of orchid

#ab6ee1 #9a52db #8a36d6 #7928c2 #6722a6 #561c8a #44166e #331152 #210b35 #100519

Tints of orchid

#c194e9 #c79eeb #cda9ed #d3b3ef #d9bdf1 #dfc7f4 #e5d2f6 #ebdcf8 #f0e6fa #f6f0fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#b6e78a Analogous#8d8ae7 Analogous#e78ae4 Triadic#e7bb8a Triadic#8ae7bb Split complementary#e4e78a Split complementary#8ae78d

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 40, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb8ae7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 40 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 41 4 15

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 #bb8ae7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb8ae7; }
.text { color: #bb8ae7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb8ae7; }

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 #bb8ae7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb8ae7 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 #bb8ae7 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 #bb8ae7 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

The figures for #bb8ae7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.