Orchid

#bc78de

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 strong. 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 #bc78de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc78de

RGB188, 120, 222

HSL280, 61%, 67%

HSV280, 46%, 87%

CMYK15%, 46%, 0%, 13%

Lab61.13, 44.22, -41.77

XYZ40.64, 29.4, 72.64

Decimal12351710

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#b05fd8 #a346d2 #9531c8 #832baf #702596 #5d1e7d #4b1864 #38124b #250c32 #120619

Tints of orchid

#c284e1 #c890e4 #ce9ce7 #d4a8ea #dab4ed #e0c0f0 #e6ccf3 #ecd9f6 #f2e5f9 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#9ade78 Analogous#8978de Analogous#de78cd Triadic#debc78 Triadic#78debc Split complementary#cdde78 Split complementary#78de89

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 15, 46, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc78de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 46 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 46 4 19

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Orchid in css

Copy #bc78de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc78de; }
.text { color: #bc78de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc78de; }

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 #bc78de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc78de against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bc78de 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bc78de 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 #bc78de 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.