Orchid

#bf7dce

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 grounded cast. 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 #bf7dce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf7dce

RGB191, 125, 206

HSL289, 45%, 65%

HSV289, 39%, 81%

CMYK7%, 39%, 0%, 19%

Lab61.83, 39.11, -31.69

XYZ39.96, 30.2, 62.12

Decimal12549582

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#b467c6 #aa51be #9b42af #873a99 #743183 #61296d #4e2158 #3a1942 #27112c #140816

Tints of orchid

#c589d2 #cb94d7 #d0a0db #d6ace0 #dcb8e4 #e2c3e8 #e7cfed #eddbf1 #f3e6f6 #f9f2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#8cce7d Analogous#977dce Analogous#ce7db4 Triadic#cebf7d Triadic#7dcebf Split complementary#b4ce7d Split complementary#7dce97

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 7, 39, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf7dce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 39 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 40 4 25

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 #bf7dce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf7dce; }
.text { color: #bf7dce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf7dce; }

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 #bf7dce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf7dce 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 #bf7dce 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 #bf7dce 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 #bf7dce are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.