Medium orchid

#bb5ebe

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

Medium orchid sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Medium orchid color values

Every conversion for #bb5ebe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb5ebe

RGB187, 94, 190

HSL298, 42%, 56%

HSV298, 51%, 75%

CMYK2%, 51%, 0%, 25%

Lab54.33, 51.05, -34.3

XYZ33.79, 22.29, 51.24

Decimal12279486

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone528 C

Shades of medium orchid

#b34cb7 #a343a6 #913c94 #803582 #6e2d70 #5c265e #4b1f4c #39173a #271028 #150916

Tints of medium orchid

#c16dc4 #c87cca #ce8ad0 #d499d6 #daa8dc #e1b7e2 #e7c6e8 #edd5ee #f3e3f4 #faf2fa

Colors that go with medium orchid

Complementary#61be5e Analogous#8b5ebe Analogous#be5e91 Triadic#bebb5e Triadic#5ebebb Split complementary#91be5e Split complementary#5ebe8b

Medium 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 2, 51, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb5ebe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 51 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 51 4 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium orchid in css

Copy #bb5ebe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb5ebe; }
.text { color: #bb5ebe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb5ebe; }

How medium orchid looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bb5ebe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb5ebe against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bb5ebe sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium orchid? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bb5ebe 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 medium orchid, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #bb5ebe come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.