Orchid

#bd8ae0

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 276 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 #bd8ae0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd8ae0

RGB189, 138, 224

HSL276, 58%, 71%

HSV276, 38%, 88%

CMYK16%, 38%, 0%, 12%

Lab65.26, 35.14, -36.42

XYZ43.53, 34.38, 74.86

Decimal12421856

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#ae70d9 #9f56d2 #913bcb #7f30b5 #6d299b #5a2281 #481b67 #36144d #230d32 #110618

Tints of orchid

#c394e3 #c99fe5 #cea9e8 #d4b3eb #dabdee #e0c8f0 #e6d2f3 #ebdcf6 #f1e7f9 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#ade08a Analogous#928ae0 Analogous#e08ad8 Triadic#e0bd8a Triadic#8ae0bd Split complementary#d8e08a Split complementary#8ae092

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 16, 38, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd8ae0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 38 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 39 4 18

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 #bd8ae0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd8ae0; }
.text { color: #bd8ae0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd8ae0; }

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 #bd8ae0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd8ae0 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 #bd8ae0 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 #bd8ae0 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 #bd8ae0 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.