Dark orchid

#b52dcd

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

Dark orchid sits in the pink band, mid and strong. 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 #b52dcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b52dcd

RGB181, 45, 205

HSL291, 64%, 49%

HSV291, 78%, 80%

CMYK12%, 78%, 0%, 20%

Lab47.12, 72.17, -54.44

XYZ31.01, 16.11, 59.23

Decimal11873741

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#a529bb #9525a9 #852197 #751d85 #661973 #561561 #46114f #360d3d #26092b #160619

Tints of dark orchid

#be3ed5 #c552d9 #cb65dd #d279e2 #d98de6 #dfa1ea #e6b5ef #edc9f3 #f3ddf7 #faf0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#45cd2d Analogous#652dcd Analogous#cd2d95 Triadic#cdb52d Triadic#2dcdb5 Split complementary#95cd2d Split complementary#2dcd65

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 12, 78, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b52dcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 78 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

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

Dark orchid in css

Copy #b52dcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b52dcd; }
.text { color: #b52dcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b52dcd; }

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 #b52dcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b52dcd 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 #b52dcd 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 #b52dcd 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 #b52dcd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.