Orchid

#bc78da

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 grounded 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 #bc78da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc78da

RGB188, 120, 218

HSL282, 57%, 66%

HSV282, 45%, 85%

CMYK14%, 45%, 0%, 15%

Lab60.95, 43.38, -39.82

XYZ40.11, 29.19, 69.85

Decimal12351706

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#b060d3 #a448cd #9635c1 #832ea9 #712891 #5e2179 #4b1a60 #381448 #250d30 #130718

Tints of orchid

#c284dd #c890e1 #ce9ce4 #d4a8e7 #dab4eb #e0c1ee #e6cdf1 #ecd9f5 #f2e5f8 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#96da78 Analogous#8b78da Analogous#da78c7 Triadic#dabc78 Triadic#78dabc Split complementary#c7da78 Split complementary#78da8b

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 14, 45, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc78da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 45 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 45 4 21

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 #bc78da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc78da; }
.text { color: #bc78da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc78da; }

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 #bc78da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc78da 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 #bc78da 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 #bc78da 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 #bc78da is computed, not guessed. 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.