Dark orchid

#aa16ea

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark orchid, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark orchid falls in the purple range, mid and vivid. 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 #aa16ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa16ea

RGB170, 22, 234

HSL282, 83%, 50%

HSV282, 91%, 92%

CMYK27%, 91%, 0%, 8%

Lab45.72, 80.78, -73.37

XYZ31.72, 15.06, 79.08

Decimal11146986

Web safe#9900ff

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9b13d6 #8c11c1 #7d10ad #6e0e98 #5f0c83 #500a6f #41085a #320645 #230431 #14031c

Tints of dark orchid

#b22cec #ba41ee #c257f0 #ca6df2 #d282f4 #d998f6 #e1aef8 #e9c3fa #f1d9fc #f9effe

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#56ea16 Analogous#4016ea Analogous#ea16c0 Triadic#eaaa16 Triadic#16eaaa Split complementary#c0ea16 Split complementary#16ea40

Dark orchid in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 27, 91, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa16ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 91 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 88 4 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #aa16ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa16ea; }
.text { color: #aa16ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa16ea; }

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 #aa16ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa16ea 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 #aa16ea 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 #aa16ea 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 #aa16ea are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.