Dark orchid

#993bb5

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

This is Dark orchid, a soft purple at 286 degrees. 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 #993bb5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#993bb5
RGB153, 59, 181
HSL286, 51%, 47%
HSV286, 67%, 71%
CMYK15%, 67%, 0%, 29%
Lab43.12, 56.95, -47.11
XYZ23.04, 13.24, 45.06
Decimal10042293
Web safe#9933cc
Pantone2587 C
Pantone2587 CHex#993bb5Rgb153 59 181Cmyk15 67 0 29Lab43 57 -47Darker#3e1849Deep#6b297fLighter#b46ec9

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 15, 67, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #993bb5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
15 67 0 29
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
18 66 4 35
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 #993bb5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #993bb5; }
.text { color: #993bb5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #993bb5; }

How dark orchid looks on light and dark

Dark orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #993bb5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
5.76:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.65:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #993bb5 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 #993bb5 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 #993bb5 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 #993bb5 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.