Dark orchid

#8a46ae

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #8a46ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a46ae
RGB138, 70, 174
HSL279, 43%, 48%
HSV279, 60%, 68%
CMYK21%, 60%, 0%, 32%
Lab42.52, 46.69, -44.06
XYZ20.31, 12.84, 41.45
Decimal9062062
Web safe#993399
Pantone2587 C
Pantone2587 CHex#8a46aeRgb138 70 174Cmyk21 60 0 32Lab43 47 -44Darker#391d48Deep#62327bLighter#a978c3

Shades of dark orchid

Tints of dark orchid

Colors that go with dark orchid

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 21, 60, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a46ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
21 60 0 32
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
23 59 4 38
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 #8a46ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a46ae; }
.text { color: #8a46ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a46ae; }

How dark orchid looks on light and dark

Dark orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8a46ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
5.89:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.57:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a46ae 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 #8a46ae sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #8a46ae and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #8a46ae is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.