Dark orchid

#b80dea

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

Dark orchid falls in the purple range, mid and vivid. 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 #b80dea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b80dea

RGB184, 13, 234

HSL286, 89%, 48%

HSV286, 94%, 92%

CMYK21%, 94%, 0%, 8%

Lab47.52, 83.78, -70.34

XYZ34.76, 16.42, 79.18

Decimal12062186

Web safe#cc00ff

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#a80cd5 #980bc1 #880aac #780898 #670783 #57066f #47055a #370446 #270331 #17021d

Tints of dark orchid

#c21df2 #c834f4 #cf4cf5 #d563f6 #db7af8 #e191f9 #e8a8fa #eec0fb #f4d7fd #faeefe

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#3fea0d Analogous#490dea Analogous#ea0dae Triadic#eab80d Triadic#0deab8 Split complementary#aeea0d Split complementary#0dea49

Dark orchid in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 21, 94, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b80dea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 94 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 90 4 14

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 #b80dea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b80dea; }
.text { color: #b80dea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b80dea; }

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 #b80dea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b80dea 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 #b80dea 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 #b80dea 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 #b80dea are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.