Dark magenta

#81399d

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 #81399d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#81399d

RGB129, 57, 157

HSL283, 47%, 42%

HSV283, 64%, 62%

CMYK18%, 64%, 0%, 38%

Lab37.89, 47.2, -41.37

XYZ16.6, 10.03, 32.96

Decimal8468893

Web safe#993399

Pantone2593 C

Shades of dark magenta

#763490 #6b2f82 #602a75 #552567 #4a215a #3f1c4c #34173f #291231 #1e0d24 #120816

Tints of dark magenta

#9240b1 #a04fbf #ab63c6 #b677ce #c18cd5 #cca0dd #d7b5e4 #e2c9eb #edddf3 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#559d39 Analogous#4f399d Analogous#9d3987 Triadic#9d8139 Triadic#399d81 Split complementary#879d39 Split complementary#399d4f

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 18, 64, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #81399d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 64 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 63 4 44

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 #81399d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #81399d; }
.text { color: #81399d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #81399d; }

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 #81399d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #81399d 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 #81399d 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 #81399d 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 #81399d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.