Dark orchid

#a446c5

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 confident cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #a446c5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a446c5

RGB164, 70, 197

HSL284, 52%, 52%

HSV284, 64%, 77%

CMYK17%, 64%, 0%, 23%

Lab47.37, 57.86, -49.55

XYZ27.58, 16.3, 54.52

Decimal10766021

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#983ab9 #8934a7 #7b2f95 #6c2983 #5d2471 #4e1e5f #40184d #31133b #220d29 #130717

Tints of dark orchid

#ac57ca #b568d0 #bd79d5 #c68bda #ce9ce0 #d7ade5 #dfbeeb #e7cff0 #f0e0f5 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#67c546 Analogous#6546c5 Analogous#c546a6 Triadic#c5a446 Triadic#46c5a4 Split complementary#a6c546 Split complementary#46c565

Dark orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 17, 64, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a446c5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 64 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 63 4 29

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 #a446c5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a446c5; }
.text { color: #a446c5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a446c5; }

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 #a446c5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a446c5 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 #a446c5 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 #a446c5 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 #a446c5 are worked out. 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.