Dark magenta

#8b378c

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

Dark magenta sits in the pink band, deep and soft. 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 #8b378c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8b378c

RGB139, 55, 140

HSL299, 44%, 38%

HSV299, 61%, 55%

CMYK1%, 61%, 0%, 45%

Lab38.05, 47.35, -30.7

XYZ16.75, 10.11, 25.88

Decimal9123724

Web safe#993399

Pantone2593 C

Shades of dark magenta

#7f3280 #742e74 #682969 #5c245d #502051 #451b45 #391739 #2d122e #220d22 #160916

Tints of dark magenta

#a03fa1 #b548b7 #be5dbf #c772c8 #cf88d0 #d89dd8 #e0b2e1 #e9c8e9 #f1ddf2 #faf2fa

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#388c37 Analogous#60378c Analogous#8c3763 Triadic#8c8b37 Triadic#378c8b Split complementary#628c37 Split complementary#378c61

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 1, 61, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8b378c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 61 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 60 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 #8b378c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8b378c; }
.text { color: #8b378c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8b378c; }

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 #8b378c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8b378c 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 #8b378c 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 #8b378c 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 #8b378c 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.