Orchid

#bc7ace

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 soft. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bc7ace, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc7ace

RGB188, 122, 206

HSL287, 46%, 64%

HSV287, 41%, 81%

CMYK9%, 41%, 0%, 19%

Lab60.84, 39.83, -33.25

XYZ38.84, 29.07, 61.96

Decimal12352206

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#b164c6 #a64fbe #9740ae #843899 #713083 #5f286d #4c2058 #391842 #26102c #130816

Tints of orchid

#c286d2 #c892d7 #ce9edb #d4aae0 #dab6e4 #e0c2e9 #e6ceed #ecdaf1 #f2e6f6 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#8cce7a Analogous#927ace Analogous#ce7ab6 Triadic#cebc7a Triadic#7acebc Split complementary#b6ce7a Split complementary#7ace92

Orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 9, 41, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc7ace on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 41 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 42 4 25

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 #bc7ace straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc7ace; }
.text { color: #bc7ace; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc7ace; }

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 #bc7ace against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc7ace 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 #bc7ace 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 #bc7ace 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 #bc7ace are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.