Dark orchid

#8232ab

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

Dark orchid is a deep purple with a rich cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #8232ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8232ab

RGB130, 50, 171

HSL280, 55%, 43%

HSV280, 71%, 67%

CMYK24%, 71%, 0%, 33%

Lab37.78, 53.69, -49.93

XYZ17.7, 9.97, 39.52

Decimal8532651

Web safe#993399

Pantone527 C

Shades of dark orchid

#772e9c #6c298e #60257f #552170 #4a1c61 #3f1853 #341444 #281035 #1d0b26 #120718

Tints of dark orchid

#9238c0 #9e49ca #a95ed0 #b573d6 #c088dc #cb9de2 #d6b2e9 #e1c7ef #ecdcf5 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#5bab32 Analogous#4632ab Analogous#ab3297 Triadic#ab8232 Triadic#32ab82 Split complementary#98ab32 Split complementary#32ab46

Dark orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 24, 71, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8232ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 71 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 69 4 39

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 #8232ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8232ab; }
.text { color: #8232ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8232ab; }

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 #8232ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8232ab 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 #8232ab 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 #8232ab 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

The figures for #8232ab 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.