Dark orchid

#a21eb8

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, deep and strong. 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 #a21eb8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a21eb8

RGB162, 30, 184

HSL291, 72%, 42%

HSV291, 84%, 72%

CMYK12%, 84%, 0%, 28%

Lab41.33, 69.0, -51.68

XYZ24.02, 12.07, 46.41

Decimal10624696

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2592 C

Shades of dark orchid

#941ba8 #861998 #781689 #6a1479 #5d1169 #4f0f59 #410c4a #33093a #25072a #17041a

Tints of dark orchid

#b722d0 #c530dd #cb48e1 #d260e5 #d978e9 #e090ed #e6a8f1 #edc0f5 #f4d8f9 #fbf0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#34b81e Analogous#551eb8 Analogous#b81e81 Triadic#b8a21e Triadic#1eb8a2 Split complementary#81b81e Split complementary#1eb855

Dark orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 84, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a21eb8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 84 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 81 4 34

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 #a21eb8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a21eb8; }
.text { color: #a21eb8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a21eb8; }

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 #a21eb8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a21eb8 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 #a21eb8 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 #a21eb8 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 #a21eb8 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.