Dark orchid

#8a40ab

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

Dark orchid falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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 #8a40ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a40ab

RGB138, 64, 171

HSL281, 46%, 46%

HSV281, 63%, 67%

CMYK19%, 63%, 0%, 33%

Lab41.23, 49.03, -44.34

XYZ19.67, 12.01, 39.81

Decimal9060523

Web safe#993399

Pantone2587 C

Shades of dark orchid

#7e3a9c #72358d #662f7e #5a2a70 #4e2461 #421f52 #361943 #2a1334 #1e0e25 #120816

Tints of dark orchid

#984abb #a35cc2 #ad6fc9 #b882d0 #c394d7 #cda7de #d8bae5 #e2cdec #eddff3 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#61ab40 Analogous#5440ab Analogous#ab4097 Triadic#ab8a40 Triadic#40ab8a Split complementary#97ab40 Split complementary#40ab55

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 19, 63, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a40ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 63 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 62 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark orchid in css

Copy #8a40ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a40ab; }
.text { color: #8a40ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a40ab; }

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 #8a40ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a40ab 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 #8a40ab 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 #8a40ab 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 #8a40ab come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.