Orchid

#bf6cba

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

This is Orchid, a soft pink at 304 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bf6cba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf6cba

RGB191, 108, 186

HSL304, 39%, 59%

HSV304, 43%, 75%

CMYK0%, 43%, 3%, 25%

Lab57.41, 44.36, -27.18

XYZ35.71, 25.35, 49.46

Decimal12545210

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of orchid

#b759b1 #ab4aa5 #984293 #863a81 #73326f #602a5d #4d224b #3b1a39 #281127 #150915

Tints of orchid

#c579c0 #cb87c7 #d194cd #d6a2d3 #dcafda #e2bde0 #e8cae6 #eed8ed #f4e5f3 #faf3f9

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#6cbf71 Analogous#9b6cbf Analogous#bf6c90 Triadic#babf6c Triadic#6cbabf Split complementary#90bf6c Split complementary#6cbf9b

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 0, 43, 3, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf6cba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 3 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 7 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 #bf6cba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf6cba; }
.text { color: #bf6cba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf6cba; }

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 #bf6cba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf6cba 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 #bf6cba 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 #bf6cba 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 #bf6cba come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.