Orchid

#bd6aba

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

This is Orchid, a soft pink at 302 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bd6aba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd6aba

RGB189, 106, 186

HSL302, 39%, 58%

HSV302, 44%, 74%

CMYK0%, 44%, 2%, 26%

Lab56.75, 44.8, -28.21

XYZ35.0, 24.67, 49.37

Decimal12413626

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#b558b2 #a84aa4 #954292 #833a81 #71326f #5f2a5d #4c224b #3a1a39 #281227 #150915

Tints of orchid

#c378c0 #c985c7 #cf93cd #d5a1d3 #dbaeda #e1bce0 #e7cae6 #edd7ed #f3e5f3 #faf3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#6abd6d Analogous#976abd Analogous#bd6a90 Triadic#babd6a Triadic#6ababd Split complementary#91bd6a Split complementary#6abd97

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 0, 44, 2, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd6aba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 2 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 6 32

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 #bd6aba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd6aba; }
.text { color: #bd6aba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd6aba; }

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 #bd6aba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd6aba 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 #bd6aba 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 #bd6aba 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 #bd6aba 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. 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.