Dark orchid

#b42ead

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 #b42ead, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b42ead

RGB180, 46, 173

HSL303, 59%, 44%

HSV303, 74%, 71%

CMYK0%, 74%, 4%, 29%

Lab45.18, 66.34, -38.85

XYZ27.34, 14.67, 40.93

Decimal11808429

Web safe#cc3399

Pantone253 C

Shades of dark orchid

#a42a9e #95268f #852280 #761e71 #661a62 #571653 #471244 #370e35 #280a26 #180617

Tints of dark orchid

#c933c1 #d047c9 #d55ccf #db72d5 #e087dc #e69ce2 #ebb1e8 #f1c6ee #f6dcf5 #fbf1fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#2eb435 Analogous#782eb4 Analogous#b42e6a Triadic#adb42e Triadic#2eadb4 Split complementary#6ab42e Split complementary#2eb478

Dark orchid in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 74, 4, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b42ead on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 4 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 8 35

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 #b42ead straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b42ead; }
.text { color: #b42ead; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b42ead; }

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 #b42ead against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b42ead 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 #b42ead 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 #b42ead 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 #b42ead are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.