Orchid

#bd7ecb

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

Orchid is a mid purple with a grounded cast. 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 #bd7ecb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd7ecb

RGB189, 126, 203

HSL289, 43%, 65%

HSV289, 38%, 80%

CMYK7%, 38%, 0%, 20%

Lab61.7, 37.35, -30.22

XYZ39.23, 30.05, 60.23

Decimal12418763

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#b269c2 #a753ba #9845ab #853c95 #723480 #5f2b6b #4c2356 #391a40 #26112b #130916

Tints of orchid

#c38ad0 #c995d4 #cfa1d9 #d5adde #dbb8e2 #e1c4e7 #e7cfec #eddbf0 #f3e7f5 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#8ccb7e Analogous#977ecb Analogous#cb7eb2 Triadic#cbbd7e Triadic#7ecbbd Split complementary#b2cb7e Split complementary#7ecb97

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 38, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd7ecb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 38 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 39 4 26

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 #bd7ecb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd7ecb; }
.text { color: #bd7ecb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd7ecb; }

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 #bd7ecb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd7ecb 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 #bd7ecb 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 #bd7ecb 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 #bd7ecb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.