Orchid

#bc80ea

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

This is Orchid, a strong purple at 274 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bc80ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc80ea

RGB188, 128, 234

HSL274, 72%, 71%

HSV274, 45%, 92%

CMYK20%, 45%, 0%, 8%

Lab63.4, 42.51, -44.88

XYZ43.31, 32.07, 81.75

Decimal12353770

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#ad64e5 #9e47e1 #8f2bdc #7e21c5 #6b1ca8 #59178c #471270 #350e53 #230937 #11041a

Tints of orchid

#c28bec #c896ee #cea2f0 #d4adf1 #d9b8f3 #dfc3f5 #e5cef7 #ebd9f9 #f1e5fb #f7f0fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#aeea80 Analogous#8780ea Analogous#ea80e3 Triadic#eabc80 Triadic#80eabc Split complementary#e3ea80 Split complementary#80ea87

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 20, 45, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc80ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 45 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 45 4 14

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 #bc80ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc80ea; }
.text { color: #bc80ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc80ea; }

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 #bc80ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc80ea 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 #bc80ea 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 #bc80ea 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 #bc80ea 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.