Dark orchid

#b40ffa

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

Dark orchid is a mid purple with a confident cast. 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 #b40ffa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b40ffa

RGB180, 15, 250

HSL282, 96%, 52%

HSV282, 94%, 98%

CMYK28%, 94%, 0%, 2%

Lab48.19, 85.9, -78.26

XYZ36.25, 16.95, 91.8

Decimal11800570

Web safe#cc00ff

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#a805ed #9704d6 #8704bf #7703a8 #670391 #56037a #460263 #36024c #250135 #15011e

Tints of dark orchid

#bb25fa #c23cfb #c952fb #d068fc #d77efc #de95fd #e5abfd #ecc1fe #f3d7fe #faeeff

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#55fa0f Analogous#3e0ffa Analogous#fa0fcb Triadic#fab40f Triadic#0ffab4 Split complementary#cafa0f Split complementary#0ffa3e

Dark orchid in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 28, 94, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b40ffa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 94 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 90 4 8

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 #b40ffa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b40ffa; }
.text { color: #b40ffa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b40ffa; }

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 #b40ffa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b40ffa 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 #b40ffa 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 #b40ffa 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 #b40ffa are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.