Dark orchid

#ac18ac

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

This is Dark orchid, a strong pink at 300 degrees. 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 #ac18ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac18ac

RGB172, 24, 172

HSL300, 76%, 38%

HSV300, 86%, 67%

CMYK0%, 86%, 0%, 33%

Lab41.85, 70.1, -43.64

XYZ24.79, 12.4, 40.12

Decimal11278508

Web safe#990099

Pantone253 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9d169d #8f148f #801280 #721072 #630e63 #550c55 #460a46 #380838 #290629 #1b041b

Tints of dark orchid

#c61cc6 #e01fe0 #e339e3 #e753e7 #eb6deb #ee87ee #f2a1f2 #f6bbf6 #f9d5f9 #fdeffd

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#18ac18 Analogous#6218ac Analogous#ac1862 Triadic#acac18 Triadic#18acac Split complementary#62ac18 Split complementary#18ac62

Dark orchid in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 86, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac18ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 86 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 83 4 39

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 #ac18ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac18ac; }
.text { color: #ac18ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac18ac; }

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 #ac18ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac18ac 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 #ac18ac 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 #ac18ac 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 #ac18ac 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.