Dark orchid

#9f4cc0

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 #9f4cc0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9f4cc0
RGB159, 76, 192
HSL283, 48%, 53%
HSV283, 60%, 75%
CMYK17%, 60%, 0%, 25%
Lab47.42, 52.84, -46.61
XYZ26.4, 16.35, 51.63
Decimal10439872
Web safe#9933cc
Pantone2582 C
Pantone2582 CHex#9f4cc0Rgb159 76 192Cmyk17 60 0 25Lab47 53 -47Darker#4c215dDeep#773391Lighter#ba85ce

Shades of dark orchid

Tints of dark orchid

Colors that go with dark orchid

Dark orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 17, 60, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9f4cc0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
17 60 0 25
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
20 59 4 31
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 #9f4cc0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9f4cc0; }
.text { color: #9f4cc0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9f4cc0; }

How dark orchid looks on light and dark

Dark orchid and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9f4cc0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.92:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.27:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9f4cc0 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 #9f4cc0 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 #9f4cc0 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

The figures for #9f4cc0 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. 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.