Dark orchid

#ab2ddd

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 #ab2ddd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab2ddd

RGB171, 45, 221

HSL283, 72%, 52%

HSV283, 80%, 87%

CMYK23%, 80%, 0%, 13%

Lab46.65, 73.32, -64.45

XYZ30.78, 15.76, 69.83

Decimal11218397

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9f22d1 #901fbc #801ba8 #711894 #611580 #52116b #420e57 #330b43 #24082f #14041a

Tints of dark orchid

#b340e0 #bb54e3 #c267e6 #ca7bea #d28eed #daa2f0 #e1b5f3 #e9c9f6 #f1dcf9 #f9f0fd

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#5fdd2d Analogous#532ddd Analogous#dd2db7 Triadic#ddab2d Triadic#2dddab Split complementary#b7dd2d Split complementary#2ddd53

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 23, 80, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab2ddd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 80 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 78 4 19

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 #ab2ddd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab2ddd; }
.text { color: #ab2ddd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab2ddd; }

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 #ab2ddd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab2ddd 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 #ab2ddd 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 #ab2ddd 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 #ab2ddd is computed, not guessed. 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.