Orchid

#bc77eb

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

Orchid is a mid purple with a confident cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bc77eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc77eb

RGB188, 119, 235

HSL276, 74%, 69%

HSV276, 49%, 92%

CMYK20%, 49%, 0%, 8%

Lab61.55, 47.56, -48.35

XYZ42.33, 29.88, 82.13

Decimal12351467

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#ae5be7 #a03fe3 #9222df #801dc4 #6e19a8 #5b158b #49106f #360c53 #240837 #11041b

Tints of orchid

#c283ed #c88fef #ce9bf0 #d4a7f2 #dab3f4 #e0bff6 #e6cbf7 #ebd7f9 #f1e3fb #f7effd

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#a6eb77 Analogous#8277eb Analogous#eb77e0 Triadic#ebbc77 Triadic#77ebbc Split complementary#e0eb77 Split complementary#77eb82

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 49, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc77eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 49 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 49 4 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #bc77eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc77eb; }
.text { color: #bc77eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc77eb; }

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 #bc77eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc77eb 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 #bc77eb 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 #bc77eb 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 #bc77eb is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.