Dark orchid

#a129de

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 280 degrees. 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 #a129de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a129de

RGB161, 41, 222

HSL280, 73%, 52%

HSV280, 82%, 87%

CMYK27%, 82%, 0%, 13%

Lab44.85, 73.05, -68.01

XYZ28.68, 14.44, 70.38

Decimal10562014

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2665 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9520d0 #861dbc #781aa7 #691793 #5b147f #4d116b #3e0d57 #300a43 #21072f #13041b

Tints of dark orchid

#aa3de1 #b251e4 #bb65e7 #c478ea #cd8ced #d5a0f0 #deb4f3 #e7c8f6 #efdcfa #f8f0fd

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#66de29 Analogous#4729de Analogous#de29c0 Triadic#dea129 Triadic#29dea1 Split complementary#c0de29 Split complementary#29de47

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 27, 82, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a129de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 82 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 79 4 19

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #a129de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a129de; }
.text { color: #a129de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a129de; }

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 #a129de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a129de 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 #a129de 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 #a129de 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

Here is how the numbers for #a129de are worked out. 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.