Dark magenta

#852ea2

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 285 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 #852ea2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#852ea2

RGB133, 46, 162

HSL285, 56%, 41%

HSV285, 72%, 64%

CMYK18%, 72%, 0%, 36%

Lab37.02, 54.12, -45.75

XYZ17.17, 9.55, 35.12

Decimal8728226

Web safe#993399

Pantone2593 C

Shades of dark magenta

#7a2a94 #6e2686 #632279 #581e6b #4c1a5d #41164f #361341 #2a0f33 #1f0b26 #140718

Tints of dark magenta

#9734b8 #a740c9 #b156cf #bb6cd5 #c582dc #d099e2 #daafe8 #e4c5ee #eedbf5 #f9f1fb

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#4ba22e Analogous#4b2ea2 Analogous#a22e85 Triadic#a2852e Triadic#2ea285 Split complementary#85a22e Split complementary#2ea24b

Dark magenta in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 18, 72, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #852ea2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 72 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 70 4 42

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 #852ea2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #852ea2; }
.text { color: #852ea2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #852ea2; }

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 #852ea2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #852ea2 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 #852ea2 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 #852ea2 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 #852ea2 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.