Dark orchid

#ae2fd4

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 286 degrees. 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 #ae2fd4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae2fd4

RGB174, 47, 212

HSL286, 66%, 51%

HSV286, 78%, 83%

CMYK18%, 78%, 0%, 17%

Lab46.69, 71.55, -59.21

XYZ30.36, 15.79, 63.73

Decimal11415508

Web safe#9933cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#a028c4 #9025b1 #81219e #721d8b #621978 #531565 #431152 #340d3f #24092c #150519

Tints of dark orchid

#b642d8 #bd56dc #c569e0 #cc7ce4 #d490e8 #dba3ec #e3b6f0 #eacaf4 #f2ddf8 #f9f0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#55d42f Analogous#5c2fd4 Analogous#d42fa7 Triadic#d4ae2f Triadic#2fd4ae Split complementary#a7d42f Split complementary#2fd45b

Dark orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 18, 78, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae2fd4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 78 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 76 4 23

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark orchid in css

Copy #ae2fd4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae2fd4; }
.text { color: #ae2fd4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae2fd4; }

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 #ae2fd4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae2fd4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark orchid on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ae2fd4 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark orchid into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ae2fd4 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 #ae2fd4 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.