Dark orchid

#ae29cc

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

Dark orchid falls in the purple range, mid and strong. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #ae29cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae29cc

RGB174, 41, 204

HSL289, 67%, 48%

HSV289, 80%, 80%

CMYK15%, 80%, 0%, 20%

Lab45.56, 71.84, -56.43

XYZ29.15, 14.94, 58.48

Decimal11413964

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9f25ba #9022a8 #801e96 #711b85 #621773 #531361 #43104f #340c3d #25092b #160519

Tints of dark orchid

#b937d7 #c14cdb #c860df #cf75e3 #d689e7 #dd9eeb #e4b2f0 #ecc7f4 #f3dcf8 #faf0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#47cc29 Analogous#5d29cc Analogous#cc2998 Triadic#ccae29 Triadic#29ccae Split complementary#98cc29 Split complementary#29cc5d

Dark orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 80, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae29cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 80 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 78 4 26

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 #ae29cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae29cc; }
.text { color: #ae29cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae29cc; }

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 #ae29cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae29cc 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 #ae29cc 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 #ae29cc 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

Every value on this page for #ae29cc is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.