Dark orchid

#b522cc

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 pink at 292 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #b522cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b522cc

RGB181, 34, 204

HSL292, 71%, 47%

HSV292, 83%, 80%

CMYK11%, 83%, 0%, 20%

Lab46.08, 74.83, -55.54

XYZ30.53, 15.33, 58.48

Decimal11870924

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#a51fba #951ca8 #861997 #761685 #661373 #561061 #470d50 #370a3e #27072c #17041a

Tints of dark orchid

#c42cdc #ca41df #d057e3 #d66de7 #dc83ea #e299ee #e8aef2 #efc4f5 #f5daf9 #fbf0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#39cc22 Analogous#6022cc Analogous#cc228e Triadic#ccb522 Triadic#22ccb5 Split complementary#8ecc22 Split complementary#22cc60

Dark orchid in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 11, 83, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b522cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 83 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 80 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 #b522cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b522cc; }
.text { color: #b522cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b522cc; }

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 #b522cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b522cc 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 #b522cc 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 #b522cc 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 #b522cc 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.