Dark orchid

#a04aaa

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

Dark orchid sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #a04aaa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a04aaa

RGB160, 74, 170

HSL294, 39%, 48%

HSV294, 56%, 67%

CMYK6%, 56%, 0%, 33%

Lab46.01, 49.64, -35.98

XYZ24.2, 15.27, 39.7

Decimal10504874

Web safe#993399

Pantone2583 C

Shades of dark orchid

#92449b #843d8c #76377d #68306f #5a2a60 #4c2351 #3e1d42 #301633 #221024 #140915

Tints of dark orchid

#ac57b6 #b568bd #bd7ac5 #c68bcc #ce9cd4 #d7addb #dfbfe3 #e8d0eb #f0e1f2 #f9f3fa

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#54aa4a Analogous#704aaa Analogous#aa4a84 Triadic#aaa04a Triadic#4aaaa0 Split complementary#84aa4a Split complementary#4aaa70

Dark orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 6, 56, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a04aaa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 56 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 56 4 39

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 #a04aaa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a04aaa; }
.text { color: #a04aaa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a04aaa; }

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 #a04aaa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a04aaa 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 #a04aaa 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 #a04aaa 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

Every value on this page for #a04aaa is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.