Orchid

#bc7cd5

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

This is Orchid, a soft purple at 283 degrees. 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 #bc7cd5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc7cd5

RGB188, 124, 213

HSL283, 51%, 66%

HSV283, 42%, 84%

CMYK12%, 42%, 0%, 16%

Lab61.58, 40.18, -36.03

XYZ39.96, 29.91, 66.62

Decimal12352725

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#b065ce #a44ec6 #963bba #8334a2 #712d8b #5e2574 #4b1e5d #381646 #260f2e #130717

Tints of orchid

#c288d9 #c893dd #ce9fe0 #d4abe4 #dab7e8 #e0c2ec #e6ceef #ecdaf3 #f2e6f7 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#95d57c Analogous#907cd5 Analogous#d57cc1 Triadic#d5bc7c Triadic#7cd5bc Split complementary#c2d57c Split complementary#7cd58f

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 42, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc7cd5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 42 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 43 4 22

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 #bc7cd5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc7cd5; }
.text { color: #bc7cd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc7cd5; }

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 #bc7cd5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc7cd5 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 #bc7cd5 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 #bc7cd5 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

The figures for #bc7cd5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.