Dark orchid

#ae2ecd

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 purple at 288 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 #ae2ecd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae2ecd

RGB174, 46, 205

HSL288, 63%, 49%

HSV288, 78%, 80%

CMYK15%, 78%, 0%, 20%

Lab46.12, 70.57, -56.1

XYZ29.45, 15.36, 59.17

Decimal11415245

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#9f2abb #8f26a9 #802297 #711e85 #621a73 #521661 #43124f #340e3d #240a2b #150619

Tints of dark orchid

#b73fd4 #be53d8 #c667dd #cd7ae1 #d58ee6 #dca2ea #e3b5ee #ebc9f3 #f2ddf7 #faf0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#4dcd2e Analogous#5e2ecd Analogous#cd2e9d Triadic#cdae2e Triadic#2ecdae Split complementary#9dcd2e Split complementary#2ecd5e

Dark orchid in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 15, 78, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae2ecd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 78 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 76 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 #ae2ecd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae2ecd; }
.text { color: #ae2ecd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae2ecd; }

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 #ae2ecd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae2ecd 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 #ae2ecd 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 #ae2ecd 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 #ae2ecd is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.