Dark orchid

#8b4ecc

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 strong. 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 #8b4ecc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8b4ecc

RGB139, 78, 204

HSL269, 55%, 55%

HSV269, 62%, 80%

CMYK32%, 62%, 0%, 20%

Lab46.04, 49.81, -55.9

XYZ24.27, 15.3, 58.8

Decimal9129676

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2665 C

Shades of dark orchid

#7e3ac6 #7234b4 #652ea0 #59298d #4d2379 #401d66 #341852 #28123f #1b0c2b #0f0718

Tints of dark orchid

#965ed1 #a06fd5 #ab7fda #b68fdf #c0a0e4 #cbb0e8 #d6c0ed #e1d1f2 #ebe1f6 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#8fcc4e Analogous#4e50cc Analogous#ca4ecc Triadic#cc8b4e Triadic#4ecc8b Split complementary#ccca4e Split complementary#50cc4e

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 32, 62, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8b4ecc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 62 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 61 4 26

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 #8b4ecc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8b4ecc; }
.text { color: #8b4ecc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8b4ecc; }

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 #8b4ecc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8b4ecc 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 #8b4ecc 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 #8b4ecc 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 #8b4ecc are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.