Orchid

#be73e1

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 confident 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 #be73e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#be73e1

RGB190, 115, 225

HSL281, 65%, 67%

HSV281, 49%, 88%

CMYK16%, 49%, 0%, 12%

Lab60.47, 48.06, -44.48

XYZ40.96, 28.64, 74.6

Decimal12481505

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#b25adc #a640d6 #992ccc #8626b2 #722199 #5f1b7f #4c1666 #39104c #260b33 #130519

Tints of orchid

#c480e4 #ca8ce6 #cf99e9 #d5a5ec #dbb2ee #e1bef1 #e7cbf4 #edd7f6 #f2e4f9 #f8f0fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#96e173 Analogous#8773e1 Analogous#e173cd Triadic#e1be73 Triadic#73e1be Split complementary#cde173 Split complementary#73e187

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 49, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #be73e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 49 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 49 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 #be73e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #be73e1; }
.text { color: #be73e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be73e1; }

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 #be73e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #be73e1 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 #be73e1 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 #be73e1 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 #be73e1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.