Magenta

#da5ffa

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

Magenta is a mid purple with a grounded cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Magenta color values

Every conversion for #da5ffa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#da5ffa

RGB218, 95, 250

HSL288, 94%, 68%

HSV288, 62%, 98%

CMYK13%, 62%, 0%, 2%

Lab61.65, 69.64, -56.28

XYZ50.26, 29.99, 93.58

Decimal14311418

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone252 C

Shades of magenta

#d341f9 #cc22f8 #c208f3 #aa07d5 #9206b6 #790598 #610479 #49035b #30023c #18011e

Tints of magenta

#dd6dfa #e17cfb #e48afb #e798fc #eaa6fc #eeb5fd #f1c3fd #f4d1fe #f8dffe #fbeefe

Colors that go with magenta

Complementary#7ffa5f Analogous#8c5ffa Analogous#fa5fcc Triadic#fada5f Triadic#5ffada Split complementary#ccfa5f Split complementary#5ffa8d

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 13, 62, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #da5ffa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 62 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 61 4 8

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Magenta in css

Copy #da5ffa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #da5ffa; }
.text { color: #da5ffa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #da5ffa; }

How magenta looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Magenta and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #da5ffa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #da5ffa against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Magenta on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #da5ffa sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 magenta into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #da5ffa 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 magenta, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #da5ffa are worked out. 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.