Orchid

#bb7cd2

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

Orchid falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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 #bb7cd2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb7cd2

RGB187, 124, 210

HSL284, 49%, 65%

HSV284, 41%, 82%

CMYK11%, 41%, 0%, 18%

Lab61.34, 39.26, -34.73

XYZ39.33, 29.63, 64.62

Decimal12287186

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of orchid

#af65ca #a44fc2 #953eb5 #82369e #702f88 #5d2771 #4b1f5b #381744 #25102d #130817

Tints of orchid

#c188d6 #c794da #cd9fde #d3abe2 #dab7e6 #e0c3ea #e6ceee #ecdaf2 #f2e6f6 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#93d27c Analogous#907cd2 Analogous#d27cbe Triadic#d2bb7c Triadic#7cd2bb Split complementary#bed27c Split complementary#7cd290

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 11, 41, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb7cd2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 41 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 42 4 24

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Orchid in css

Copy #bb7cd2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb7cd2; }
.text { color: #bb7cd2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb7cd2; }

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 #bb7cd2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb7cd2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bb7cd2 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bb7cd2 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 #bb7cd2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.