Dark orchid

#8a2daa

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 purple at 285 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark orchid color values

Every conversion for #8a2daa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a2daa

RGB138, 45, 170

HSL285, 58%, 42%

HSV285, 74%, 67%

CMYK19%, 74%, 0%, 33%

Lab38.17, 57.2, -48.66

XYZ18.68, 10.18, 39.01

Decimal9055658

Web safe#993399

Pantone2592 C

Shades of dark orchid

#7e299b #72258d #66217e #5b1e70 #4f1a61 #431653 #371244 #2b0e35 #1f0a27 #140618

Tints of dark orchid

#9c33c0 #a942cd #b357d3 #bd6dd8 #c783de #d199e4 #dbafea #e5c5f0 #efdbf5 #f9f1fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#4daa2d Analogous#4b2daa Analogous#aa2d8b Triadic#aa8a2d Triadic#2daa8a Split complementary#8baa2d Split complementary#2daa4b

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 19, 74, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a2daa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 74 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 72 4 39

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 #8a2daa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a2daa; }
.text { color: #8a2daa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a2daa; }

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 #8a2daa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a2daa 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 #8a2daa 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 #8a2daa 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 #8a2daa are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.