Dark orchid

#8d4ebf

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

This is Dark orchid, a soft purple at 273 degrees. 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 #8d4ebf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d4ebf

RGB141, 78, 191

HSL273, 47%, 53%

HSV273, 59%, 75%

CMYK26%, 59%, 0%, 25%

Lab45.46, 47.17, -49.3

XYZ23.11, 14.87, 50.94

Decimal9260735

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2665 C

Shades of dark orchid

#8141b4 #753ba3 #683491 #5c2e80 #4f286e #42215d #361b4b #291539 #1d0e28 #100816

Tints of dark orchid

#985ec5 #a26fcb #ad7fd1 #b790d7 #c2a0dd #ccb0e3 #d7c1e8 #e1d1ee #ece2f4 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with dark orchid

Complementary#80bf4e Analogous#544ebf Analogous#bf4eb9 Triadic#bf8d4e Triadic#4ebf8d Split complementary#b9bf4e Split complementary#4ebf55

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 26, 59, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d4ebf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 59 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 58 4 31

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 #8d4ebf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d4ebf; }
.text { color: #8d4ebf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d4ebf; }

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 #8d4ebf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d4ebf 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 #8d4ebf 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 #8d4ebf 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

The figures for #8d4ebf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.