Orchid

#bc85e2

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

Orchid falls in the purple range, light and strong. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Orchid color values

Every conversion for #bc85e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc85e2

RGB188, 133, 226

HSL275, 62%, 70%

HSV275, 41%, 89%

CMYK17%, 41%, 0%, 11%

Lab64.13, 38.03, -39.3

XYZ42.85, 32.96, 76.05

Decimal12355042

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of orchid

#ad6adc #9f50d5 #9035cf #7f2cb8 #6c259d #5a1f83 #481968 #36124e #230c33 #110619

Tints of orchid

#c290e5 #c89be7 #cea5ea #d4b0ec #dabbef #dfc6f1 #e5d0f4 #ebdbf6 #f1e6f9 #f7f1fc

Colors that go with orchid

Complementary#abe285 Analogous#8e85e2 Analogous#e285d9 Triadic#e2bc85 Triadic#85e2bc Split complementary#d9e285 Split complementary#85e28e

Orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 41, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc85e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 41 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 42 4 17

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 #bc85e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc85e2; }
.text { color: #bc85e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc85e2; }

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 #bc85e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc85e2 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 #bc85e2 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 #bc85e2 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 #bc85e2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.