Dark orchid

#a723cd

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #a723cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a723cd

RGB167, 35, 205

HSL287, 71%, 47%

HSV287, 83%, 80%

CMYK19%, 83%, 0%, 20%

Lab43.98, 72.39, -59.61

XYZ27.56, 13.83, 58.97

Decimal10953677

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9820bb #8a1da9 #7b1a97 #6d1785 #5e1474 #501162 #410e50 #320b3e #24082c #15041a

Tints of dark orchid

#b52edb #bc43df #c459e3 #cc6fe6 #d384ea #db9aee #e3aff1 #eac5f5 #f2daf9 #faf0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#49cd23 Analogous#5223cd Analogous#cd239e Triadic#cda723 Triadic#23cda7 Split complementary#9ecd23 Split complementary#23cd52

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 19, 83, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a723cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 83 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 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 #a723cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a723cd; }
.text { color: #a723cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a723cd; }

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 #a723cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a723cd 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 #a723cd 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 #a723cd 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

Every value on this page for #a723cd is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.