Dark orchid

#ab41bc

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, mid and soft. 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 #ab41bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab41bc

RGB171, 65, 188

HSL292, 49%, 50%

HSV292, 65%, 74%

CMYK9%, 65%, 0%, 26%

Lab47.07, 59.91, -44.76

XYZ27.76, 16.07, 49.22

Decimal11223484

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9c3bab #8d369b #7e308a #6f2a7a #602469 #511f59 #421948 #331338 #240e27 #150817

Tints of dark orchid

#b352c3 #bb64c9 #c375cf #cb87d6 #d299dc #daabe2 #e2bce8 #eaceee #f1e0f4 #f9f2fa

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#52bc41 Analogous#6e41bc Analogous#bc418f Triadic#bcab41 Triadic#41bcab Split complementary#90bc41 Split complementary#41bc6d

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 9, 65, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab41bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 65 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 64 4 32

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 #ab41bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab41bc; }
.text { color: #ab41bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab41bc; }

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 #ab41bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab41bc 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 #ab41bc 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 #ab41bc 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 #ab41bc are worked out. 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.