Dark orchid

#b725bb

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, deep and strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #b725bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b725bb

RGB183, 37, 187

HSL298, 67%, 44%

HSV298, 80%, 73%

CMYK2%, 80%, 0%, 27%

Lab45.6, 71.69, -46.39

XYZ29.16, 14.98, 48.37

Decimal12002747

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone253 C

Shades of dark orchid

#a722ab #971f9b #881b8b #78187a #68156a #58125a #480f4a #390b3a #29082a #19051a

Tints of dark orchid

#cd29d1 #d43dd9 #d953dd #de6ae1 #e380e6 #e897ea #edadef #f2c3f3 #f7daf8 #fcf0fc

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#29bb25 Analogous#6c25bb Analogous#bb2574 Triadic#bbb725 Triadic#25bbb7 Split complementary#74bb25 Split complementary#25bb6c

Dark orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 80, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b725bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 80 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 78 4 33

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 #b725bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b725bb; }
.text { color: #b725bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b725bb; }

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 #b725bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b725bb 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 #b725bb 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 #b725bb 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 #b725bb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.