Dark orchid

#7949a5

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

Dark orchid is a mid purple with a balanced cast. 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.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #7949a5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7949a5

RGB121, 73, 165

HSL271, 39%, 47%

HSV271, 56%, 65%

CMYK27%, 56%, 0%, 35%

Lab40.49, 38.56, -42.08

XYZ17.06, 11.55, 36.93

Decimal7948709

Web safe#663399

Pantone2587 C

Shades of dark orchid

#6e4397 #643c88 #59367a #4f306b #44295d #3a234f #2f1c40 #251632 #1a1024 #100915

Tints of dark orchid

#8654b3 #9266bb #9f77c3 #ab89cb #b89bd3 #c4acda #d1bee2 #ddcfea #eae1f2 #f6f3fa

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#75a549 Analogous#4b49a5 Analogous#a549a3 Triadic#a57949 Triadic#49a579 Split complementary#a3a549 Split complementary#49a54b

Dark orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 27, 56, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7949a5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 56 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 56 4 41

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.

Dark orchid in css

Copy #7949a5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7949a5; }
.text { color: #7949a5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7949a5; }

How dark orchid looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #7949a5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7949a5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #7949a5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn dark orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #7949a5 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 dark orchid, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #7949a5 is computed, not guessed. 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.