Orchid

#be72e4

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 280 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #be72e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#be72e4

RGB190, 114, 228

HSL280, 68%, 67%

HSV280, 50%, 89%

CMYK17%, 50%, 0%, 11%

Lab60.41, 49.21, -46.24

XYZ41.26, 28.58, 76.74

Decimal12481252

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#b258df #a63eda #9828d1 #8523b6 #721e9c #5f1982 #4c1468 #390f4e #260a34 #13051a

Tints of orchid

#c47fe6 #ca8be9 #cf98eb #d5a4ee #dbb1f0 #e1bef2 #e7caf5 #ecd7f7 #f2e3fa #f8f0fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#98e472 Analogous#8572e4 Analogous#e472d1 Triadic#e4be72 Triadic#72e4be Split complementary#d1e472 Split complementary#72e485

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 50, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #be72e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 50 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 50 4 17

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 #be72e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #be72e4; }
.text { color: #be72e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be72e4; }

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 #be72e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #be72e4 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 #be72e4 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 #be72e4 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 #be72e4 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.