Dark orchid

#a92aca

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 #a92aca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a92aca

RGB169, 42, 202

HSL288, 66%, 48%

HSV288, 79%, 79%

CMYK16%, 79%, 0%, 21%

Lab44.74, 70.3, -56.64

XYZ27.85, 14.36, 57.18

Decimal11086538

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9a26b8 #8b23a7 #7d1f95 #6e1b83 #5f1872 #501460 #42104e #330d3d #24092b #150519

Tints of dark orchid

#b537d5 #bc4cda #c460de #cc75e2 #d38ae7 #db9eeb #e3b3ef #eac7f3 #f2dcf8 #faf0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#4bca2a Analogous#592aca Analogous#ca2a9b Triadic#caa92a Triadic#2acaa9 Split complementary#9bca2a Split complementary#2aca59

Dark orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 79, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a92aca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 79 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 77 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark orchid in css

Copy #a92aca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a92aca; }
.text { color: #a92aca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a92aca; }

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 #a92aca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a92aca 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 #a92aca 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 #a92aca 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 #a92aca 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.