Dark orchid

#a323cb

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 balanced 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 #a323cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a323cb

RGB163, 35, 203

HSL286, 71%, 47%

HSV286, 83%, 80%

CMYK20%, 83%, 0%, 20%

Lab43.21, 71.35, -59.73

XYZ26.48, 13.3, 57.67

Decimal10691531

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2587 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9520b9 #871da8 #781a96 #6a1784 #5c1473 #4e1161 #400e4f #310b3d #23082c #15051a

Tints of dark orchid

#b12ddb #b942de #c158e2 #c96ee6 #d183ea #d999ed #e1aff1 #e9c4f5 #f1daf9 #f9f0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#4bcb23 Analogous#4f23cb Analogous#cb239f Triadic#cba323 Triadic#23cba3 Split complementary#9fcb23 Split complementary#23cb4f

Dark orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 83, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a323cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 83 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 80 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark orchid in css

Copy #a323cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a323cb; }
.text { color: #a323cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a323cb; }

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 #a323cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a323cb 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 #a323cb 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 #a323cb 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 #a323cb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.