Dark orchid

#bf01ff

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 grounded cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #bf01ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf01ff

RGB191, 1, 255

HSL285, 100%, 50%

HSV285, 100%, 100%

CMYK25%, 100%, 0%, 0%

Lab49.88, 89.31, -78.23

XYZ39.55, 18.32, 96.06

Decimal12517887

Web safe#cc00ff

Pantone2582 C

Shades of dark orchid

#af00e9 #9e00d3 #8d00bc #7c00a6 #6b008f #5a0079 #490062 #39004c #280035 #17001f

Tints of dark orchid

#c519ff #cb30ff #d148ff #d75fff #dd77ff #e38fff #e9a6ff #efbeff #f5d6ff #fbedff

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#41ff01 Analogous#4001ff Analogous#ff01c0 Triadic#ffbf01 Triadic#01ffbf Split complementary#c0ff01 Split complementary#01ff40

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 25, 100, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf01ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 100 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 96 4 6

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 #bf01ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf01ff; }
.text { color: #bf01ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf01ff; }

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 #bf01ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf01ff 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 #bf01ff 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 #bf01ff 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 #bf01ff 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.