Dark magenta

#831f9d

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

This is Dark magenta, a strong purple at 288 degrees. 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 #831f9d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#831f9d

RGB131, 31, 157

HSL288, 67%, 37%

HSV288, 80%, 62%

CMYK17%, 80%, 0%, 38%

Lab34.48, 58.13, -46.84

XYZ15.94, 8.24, 32.65

Decimal8593309

Web safe#993399

Pantone527 C

Shades of dark magenta

#781c90 #6d1a83 #621776 #571568 #4c125b #410f4e #360d41 #2b0a34 #200827 #15051a

Tints of dark magenta

#9824b6 #ad29d0 #b93ed9 #c258de #cb71e3 #d58ae8 #dea4ed #e7bdf2 #f0d7f7 #faf0fc

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#399d1f Analogous#441f9d Analogous#9d1f78 Triadic#9d831f Triadic#1f9d83 Split complementary#789d1f Split complementary#1f9d44

Dark magenta in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 80, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #831f9d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 80 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 78 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 #831f9d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #831f9d; }
.text { color: #831f9d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #831f9d; }

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 #831f9d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #831f9d 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 #831f9d 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 #831f9d 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 #831f9d 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.