Dark orchid

#a243ca

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 grounded cast. 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 #a243ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a243ca

RGB162, 67, 202

HSL282, 56%, 53%

HSV282, 67%, 79%

CMYK20%, 67%, 0%, 21%

Lab46.92, 59.76, -53.18

XYZ27.57, 15.96, 57.5

Decimal10634186

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9736bf #8831ad #792b9a #6b2687 #5c2175 #4d1c62 #3f1650 #30113d #210c2a #130718

Tints of dark orchid

#ab54cf #b366d4 #bc77d9 #c489de #cd9ae3 #d6abe7 #debdec #e7cef1 #f0e0f6 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#6bca43 Analogous#5e43ca Analogous#ca43af Triadic#caa243 Triadic#43caa2 Split complementary#aeca43 Split complementary#43ca5f

Dark orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 67, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a243ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 67 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 66 4 27

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 #a243ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a243ca; }
.text { color: #a243ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a243ca; }

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 #a243ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a243ca 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 #a243ca 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 #a243ca 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 #a243ca 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.