Dark magenta

#981998

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 strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Dark magenta color values

Every conversion for #981998, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#981998

RGB152, 25, 152

HSL300, 72%, 35%

HSV300, 84%, 60%

CMYK0%, 84%, 0%, 40%

Lab37.18, 62.93, -39.26

XYZ18.96, 9.64, 30.57

Decimal9968024

Web safe#990099

Pantone2592 C

Shades of dark magenta

#8b178b #7f157f #721372 #661166 #590f59 #4d0d4d #400b40 #330833 #270627 #1a041a

Tints of dark magenta

#b31db3 #ce22ce #dd32dd #e24de2 #e668e6 #eb83eb #ef9eef #f4baf4 #f8d5f8 #fcf0fc

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#199819 Analogous#581998 Analogous#981959 Triadic#989819 Triadic#199898 Split complementary#599819 Split complementary#199859

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, 84, 0, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #981998 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 84 0 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 81 4 46

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 #981998 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #981998; }
.text { color: #981998; }
.border { border: 2px solid #981998; }

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 #981998 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #981998 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 #981998 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 #981998 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

The figures for #981998 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.