Dark magenta

#7b4a8d

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

Dark magenta falls in the purple range, deep and soft. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark magenta color values

Every conversion for #7b4a8d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7b4a8d

RGB123, 74, 141

HSL284, 31%, 42%

HSV284, 48%, 55%

CMYK13%, 48%, 0%, 45%

Lab39.63, 32.93, -28.97

XYZ15.42, 11.03, 26.52

Decimal8080013

Web safe#663399

Pantone668 C

Shades of dark magenta

#704481 #663d75 #5b3769 #51315d #462a51 #3c2444 #311e38 #27172c #1c1120 #120b14

Tints of dark magenta

#8b549f #9862ad #a474b6 #b086c0 #bc98c9 #c8abd3 #d4bddc #e0cfe6 #ece1ef #f7f3f9

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#5c8d4a Analogous#594a8d Analogous#8d4a7d Triadic#8d7b4a Triadic#4a8d7b Split complementary#7e8d4a Split complementary#4a8d59

Dark magenta in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 13, 48, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7b4a8d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 48 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 48 4 51

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark magenta in css

Copy #7b4a8d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7b4a8d; }
.text { color: #7b4a8d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7b4a8d; }

How dark magenta looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark magenta and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #7b4a8d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7b4a8d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark magenta on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #7b4a8d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark magenta? 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 magenta into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #7b4a8d 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 magenta, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #7b4a8d is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.