Dark orchid

#ae02e3

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

This is Dark orchid, a vivid purple at 286 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #ae02e3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae02e3

RGB174, 2, 227

HSL286, 98%, 45%

HSV286, 99%, 89%

CMYK23%, 99%, 0%, 11%

Lab45.06, 82.23, -70.43

XYZ31.34, 14.59, 73.84

Decimal11404003

Web safe#9900cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9f02cf #9002bc #8101a8 #720194 #630181 #54016d #440159 #350146 #260032 #17001e

Tints of dark orchid

#c203fd #c81dfd #ce37fd #d551fd #db6bfe #e185fe #e89ffe #eeb9fe #f4d3ff #fbedff

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#37e302 Analogous#3e02e3 Analogous#e302a7 Triadic#e3ae02 Triadic#02e3ae Split complementary#a7e302 Split complementary#02e33e

Dark orchid in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 23, 99, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae02e3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 99 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 95 4 17

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 #ae02e3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae02e3; }
.text { color: #ae02e3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae02e3; }

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 #ae02e3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae02e3 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 #ae02e3 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 #ae02e3 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 #ae02e3 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.