Dark orchid

#8139bb

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 confident 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 #8139bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8139bb

RGB129, 57, 187

HSL273, 53%, 48%

HSV273, 70%, 73%

CMYK31%, 70%, 0%, 27%

Lab39.88, 53.95, -56.02

XYZ19.49, 11.18, 48.14

Decimal8468923

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2587 C

Shades of dark orchid

#7634ab #6a2f9a #5f2a8a #54257a #492069 #3d1b59 #321649 #271138 #1b0c28 #100717

Tints of dark orchid

#8d46c7 #9959cc #a56cd2 #b07fd8 #bc92de #c8a5e4 #d4b8e9 #dfcbef #ebdef5 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#73bb39 Analogous#4039bb Analogous#bb39b4 Triadic#bb8139 Triadic#39bb81 Split complementary#b4bb39 Split complementary#39bb40

Dark 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 31, 70, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8139bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 70 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 68 4 33

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.

Dark orchid in css

Copy #8139bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8139bb; }
.text { color: #8139bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8139bb; }

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 #8139bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8139bb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8139bb 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8139bb 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

Here is how the numbers for #8139bb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.