Dark orchid

#ab2ea7

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

Dark orchid sits in the pink band, deep and strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #ab2ea7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab2ea7

RGB171, 46, 167

HSL302, 58%, 43%

HSV302, 73%, 67%

CMYK0%, 73%, 2%, 33%

Lab43.36, 63.4, -38.27

XYZ24.75, 13.4, 37.84

Decimal11218599

Web safe#993399

Pantone253 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9c2a99 #8e268a #7f227c #701e6e #621a5f #531651 #441243 #350e34 #270a26 #180618

Tints of dark orchid

#c134bc #cd43c8 #d259cf #d86fd5 #de85db #e49ae2 #eab0e8 #f0c6ee #f5dbf5 #fbf1fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#2eab32 Analogous#712eab Analogous#ab2e68 Triadic#a7ab2e Triadic#2ea7ab Split complementary#68ab2e Split complementary#2eab71

Dark orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 73, 2, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab2ea7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 73 2 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 71 6 39

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 #ab2ea7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab2ea7; }
.text { color: #ab2ea7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab2ea7; }

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 #ab2ea7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab2ea7 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 #ab2ea7 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 #ab2ea7 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 #ab2ea7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.