Dark magenta

#a2008e

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 vivid. 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 #a2008e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2008e

RGB162, 0, 142

HSL307, 100%, 32%

HSV307, 100%, 64%

CMYK0%, 100%, 12%, 36%

Lab37.18, 67.1, -33.04

XYZ19.78, 9.63, 26.41

Decimal10616974

Web safe#990099

Pantone513 C

Shades of dark magenta

#950082 #880077 #7b006b #6d0060 #600054 #530049 #46003d #390032 #2c0026 #1f001b

Tints of dark magenta

#c300ab #e400c8 #ff06e0 #ff27e4 #ff48e8 #ff69ec #ff8af1 #ffabf5 #ffccf9 #ffedfd

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#00a214 Analogous#6500a2 Analogous#a2003d Triadic#8ea200 Triadic#008ea2 Split complementary#3da200 Split complementary#00a265

Dark magenta in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 12, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2008e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 12 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 15 42

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark magenta in css

Copy #a2008e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2008e; }
.text { color: #a2008e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2008e; }

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 #a2008e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2008e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark magenta on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a2008e 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark magenta into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a2008e 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 #a2008e 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.