Dark magenta

#9f2c8d

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 pink at 309 degrees. 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 #9f2c8d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9f2c8d

RGB159, 44, 141

HSL309, 57%, 40%

HSV309, 72%, 62%

CMYK0%, 72%, 11%, 38%

Lab39.74, 57.17, -28.43

XYZ20.01, 11.1, 26.29

Decimal10431629

Web safe#993399

Pantone513 C

Shades of dark magenta

#912881 #842575 #762169 #691d5d #5b1951 #4e1645 #401239 #330e2d #250a21 #180715

Tints of dark magenta

#b632a1 #c93cb3 #cf52bc #d669c5 #dc80cd #e296d6 #e8addf #efc4e8 #f5daf1 #fbf1fa

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#2c9f3e Analogous#772c9f Analogous#9f2c54 Triadic#8d9f2c Triadic#2c8d9f Split complementary#539f2c Split complementary#2c9f77

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, 72, 11, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9f2c8d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 72 11 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 70 14 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 #9f2c8d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9f2c8d; }
.text { color: #9f2c8d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9f2c8d; }

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 #9f2c8d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9f2c8d 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 #9f2c8d 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 #9f2c8d 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 #9f2c8d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.