Dark orchid

#ab3fbe

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

Dark orchid is a mid pink, balanced and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #ab3fbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab3fbe

RGB171, 63, 190

HSL291, 50%, 50%

HSV291, 67%, 75%

CMYK10%, 67%, 0%, 25%

Lab46.88, 61.11, -46.21

XYZ27.87, 15.93, 50.32

Decimal11222974

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9c39ad #8d349d #7e2e8c #6f297b #60236a #511e5a #421849 #331338 #240d28 #150817

Tints of dark orchid

#b350c5 #bb62cb #c374d1 #cb86d7 #d298dd #daaae3 #e2bce9 #eaceef #f1e0f5 #f9f2fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#52be3f Analogous#6c3fbe Analogous#be3f91 Triadic#beab3f Triadic#3fbeab Split complementary#92be3f Split complementary#3fbe6b

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 10, 67, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab3fbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 67 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 66 4 31

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 #ab3fbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab3fbe; }
.text { color: #ab3fbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab3fbe; }

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 #ab3fbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab3fbe 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 #ab3fbe 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 #ab3fbe 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 #ab3fbe are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.