Orchid

#bc7dc6

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

Orchid sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bc7dc6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc7dc6

RGB188, 125, 198

HSL292, 39%, 63%

HSV292, 37%, 78%

CMYK5%, 37%, 0%, 22%

Lab61.16, 36.59, -28.23

XYZ38.27, 29.44, 57.09

Decimal12352966

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of orchid

#b269bd #a754b4 #9748a4 #843f8f #71367b #5f2d67 #4c2452 #391b3e #26122a #140915

Tints of orchid

#c289cb #c895d0 #cea0d5 #d4acdb #dab8e0 #e0c4e5 #e6cfea #ecdbef #f3e7f4 #f9f3fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#87c67d Analogous#977dc6 Analogous#c67dab Triadic#c6bc7d Triadic#7dc6bc Split complementary#abc67d Split complementary#7dc698

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 5, 37, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc7dc6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 37 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 38 4 28

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 #bc7dc6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc7dc6; }
.text { color: #bc7dc6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc7dc6; }

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 #bc7dc6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc7dc6 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 #bc7dc6 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 #bc7dc6 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 #bc7dc6 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.