Dark orchid

#962bbd

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 #962bbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#962bbd

RGB150, 43, 189

HSL284, 63%, 45%

HSV284, 77%, 74%

CMYK21%, 77%, 0%, 26%

Lab41.03, 64.05, -55.19

XYZ22.63, 11.89, 49.25

Decimal9841597

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2592 C

Shades of dark orchid

#8927ad #7c249c #6f208c #621c7b #55186b #48155b #3b114a #2e0d3a #210929 #140619

Tints of dark orchid

#a632d0 #af47d5 #b85cda #c271df #cb86e4 #d49ce8 #ddb1ed #e6c6f2 #efdbf7 #f9f0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#52bd2b Analogous#4d2bbd Analogous#bd2b9b Triadic#bd962b Triadic#2bbd96 Split complementary#9bbd2b Split complementary#2bbd4d

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, 77, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #962bbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 77 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 75 4 32

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 #962bbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #962bbd; }
.text { color: #962bbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #962bbd; }

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 #962bbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #962bbd 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 #962bbd 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 #962bbd 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 #962bbd 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.