Dark orchid

#a040cc

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

This is Dark orchid, a strong purple at 281 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 #a040cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a040cc

RGB160, 64, 204

HSL281, 58%, 53%

HSV281, 69%, 80%

CMYK22%, 69%, 0%, 20%

Lab46.31, 61.03, -55.33

XYZ27.23, 15.5, 58.68

Decimal10502348

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9433c1 #862eae #78299b #692489 #5b1f76 #4c1a63 #3e1550 #2f103e #210b2b #130618

Tints of dark orchid

#a952d1 #b263d5 #ba75da #c387df #cc98e4 #d5aae8 #debced #e6cef2 #efdff7 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#6ccc40 Analogous#5a40cc Analogous#cc40b2 Triadic#cca040 Triadic#40cca0 Split complementary#b2cc40 Split complementary#40cc5a

Dark orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 22, 69, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a040cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 69 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 67 4 26

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark orchid in css

Copy #a040cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a040cc; }
.text { color: #a040cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a040cc; }

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 #a040cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a040cc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a040cc 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a040cc 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 #a040cc 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.