Magenta

#dd46ff

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 #dd46ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd46ff

RGB221, 70, 255

HSL289, 100%, 64%

HSV289, 73%, 100%

CMYK13%, 73%, 0%, 0%

Lab58.95, 80.73, -63.34

XYZ50.06, 26.97, 97.18

Decimal14501631

Web safe#cc33ff

Pantone252 C

Shades of magenta

#d829ff #d20bff #c100ed #a900cf #9100b2 #790094 #610077 #490059 #31003c #19001f

Tints of magenta

#e057ff #e367ff #e678ff #e989ff #ec9aff #efaaff #f3bbff #f6ccff #f9dcff #fcedff

Colors that go with magenta

Complementary#68ff46 Analogous#8046ff Analogous#ff46c5 Triadic#ffdd46 Triadic#46ffdd Split complementary#c4ff46 Split complementary#46ff81

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, 73, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd46ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 73 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 71 4 6

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 #dd46ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd46ff; }
.text { color: #dd46ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd46ff; }

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 #dd46ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd46ff 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 #dd46ff 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 #dd46ff 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 #dd46ff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.