Orchid

#bc76c3

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

Orchid sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bc76c3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc76c3

RGB188, 118, 195

HSL295, 39%, 61%

HSV295, 39%, 76%

CMYK4%, 39%, 0%, 24%

Lab59.52, 39.81, -29.08

XYZ37.07, 27.59, 55.0

Decimal12351171

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#b262ba #a94fb2 #97469f #843d8b #713477 #5f2c64 #4c2350 #391b3d #271229 #140915

Tints of orchid

#c282c8 #c88fce #ce9bd3 #d4a8d9 #dab4de #e1c1e4 #e7cde9 #eddaef #f3e6f4 #f9f3fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#7dc376 Analogous#9576c3 Analogous#c376a4 Triadic#c3bc76 Triadic#76c3bc Split complementary#a3c376 Split complementary#76c396

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 4, 39, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc76c3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 39 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 40 4 30

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 #bc76c3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc76c3; }
.text { color: #bc76c3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc76c3; }

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 #bc76c3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc76c3 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 #bc76c3 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 #bc76c3 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 #bc76c3 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.