Dark orchid

#8c3aa5

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 weighty cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #8c3aa5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8c3aa5

RGB140, 58, 165

HSL286, 48%, 44%

HSV286, 65%, 65%

CMYK15%, 65%, 0%, 35%

Lab40.11, 51.11, -42.54

XYZ19.12, 11.32, 36.77

Decimal9190053

Web safe#993399

Pantone2587 C

Shades of dark orchid

#803597 #743089 #682b7a #5c266c #50215e #441c50 #371741 #2b1233 #1f0d25 #130817

Tints of dark orchid

#9d41b9 #a852c2 #b266c9 #bc7ad0 #c68ed7 #d0a2de #dab6e5 #e4caec #eedef3 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#53a53a Analogous#563aa5 Analogous#a53a89 Triadic#a58c3a Triadic#3aa58c Split complementary#89a53a Split complementary#3aa557

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 15, 65, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8c3aa5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 65 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 64 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark orchid in css

Copy #8c3aa5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8c3aa5; }
.text { color: #8c3aa5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c3aa5; }

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 #8c3aa5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8c3aa5 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 #8c3aa5 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 #8c3aa5 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 #8c3aa5 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.