Orchid

#bd84df

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 278 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bd84df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd84df

RGB189, 132, 223

HSL278, 59%, 70%

HSV278, 41%, 87%

CMYK15%, 41%, 0%, 13%

Lab63.88, 38.22, -38.02

XYZ42.56, 32.65, 73.87

Decimal12420319

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#af6ad8 #a151d2 #9437cb #812fb3 #6f2899 #5c217f #491a66 #37144c #240d32 #120618

Tints of orchid

#c38fe2 #c99ae5 #cfa5e7 #d4b0ea #dabaed #e0c5f0 #e6d0f3 #ecdbf6 #f2e6f8 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#a6df84 Analogous#8f84df Analogous#df84d4 Triadic#dfbd84 Triadic#84dfbd Split complementary#d4df84 Split complementary#84df8f

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 41, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd84df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 41 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 42 4 19

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 #bd84df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd84df; }
.text { color: #bd84df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd84df; }

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 #bd84df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd84df 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 #bd84df 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 #bd84df 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 #bd84df 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.