Dark orchid

#ae1bed

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 282 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 #ae1bed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae1bed

RGB174, 27, 237

HSL282, 85%, 52%

HSV282, 89%, 93%

CMYK27%, 89%, 0%, 7%

Lab46.84, 81.04, -73.21

XYZ33.13, 15.9, 81.44

Decimal11410413

Web safe#9933ff

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#a112df #9210c9 #820eb4 #720c9e #630b89 #530973 #43075d #340648 #240432 #15021c

Tints of dark orchid

#b630ef #bd45f0 #c55af2 #cc70f4 #d485f5 #db9af7 #e3aff9 #eac4fa #f2d9fc #f9eefe

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#5aed1b Analogous#451bed Analogous#ed1bc3 Triadic#edae1b Triadic#1bedae Split complementary#c3ed1b Split complementary#1bed45

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 27, 89, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae1bed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 89 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 86 4 13

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 #ae1bed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae1bed; }
.text { color: #ae1bed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae1bed; }

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 #ae1bed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae1bed 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 #ae1bed 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 #ae1bed 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 #ae1bed come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.