Dark magenta

#8a1e8a

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

Dark magenta is a deep pink, serious and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Dark magenta color values

Every conversion for #8a1e8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a1e8a

RGB138, 30, 138

HSL300, 64%, 33%

HSV300, 78%, 54%

CMYK0%, 78%, 0%, 46%

Lab34.33, 56.43, -35.37

XYZ15.53, 8.17, 24.8

Decimal9051786

Web safe#993399

Pantone2593 C

Shades of dark magenta

#7f1c7f #731973 #681768 #5d145d #521252 #460f46 #3b0d3b #300a30 #240824 #190519

Tints of dark magenta

#a524a5 #bf2abf #d336d3 #d951d9 #df6bdf #e586e5 #eaa0ea #f0bbf0 #f6d6f6 #fcf0fc

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#1e8a1e Analogous#541e8a Analogous#8a1e54 Triadic#8a8a1e Triadic#1e8a8a Split complementary#548a1e Split complementary#1e8a54

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 0, 78, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a1e8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 78 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 76 4 52

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 #8a1e8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a1e8a; }
.text { color: #8a1e8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a1e8a; }

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 #8a1e8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a1e8a 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 #8a1e8a 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 #8a1e8a 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

Here is how the numbers for #8a1e8a are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.