Orchid

#bf61aa

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

Orchid sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bf61aa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf61aa

RGB191, 97, 170

HSL313, 42%, 56%

HSV313, 49%, 75%

CMYK0%, 49%, 11%, 25%

Lab54.58, 47.24, -22.3

XYZ33.02, 22.53, 40.64

Decimal12542378

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#b84fa0 #a84492 #963d82 #843572 #712e62 #5f2752 #4d1f43 #3a1833 #281023 #160913

Tints of orchid

#c570b2 #cb7eba #d18dc1 #d79bc9 #dcaad1 #e2b8d9 #e8c7e1 #eed5e9 #f4e4f0 #faf2f8

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#61bf76 Analogous#a561bf Analogous#bf617b Triadic#aabf61 Triadic#61aabf Split complementary#7bbf61 Split complementary#61bfa5

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 11, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf61aa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 11 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 14 31

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 #bf61aa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf61aa; }
.text { color: #bf61aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf61aa; }

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 #bf61aa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf61aa 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 #bf61aa 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 #bf61aa 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

Every value on this page for #bf61aa is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.