Magenta

#de40dc

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

Magenta is a mid pink, balanced and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Magenta color values

Every conversion for #de40dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de40dc

RGB222, 64, 220

HSL301, 71%, 56%

HSV301, 71%, 87%

CMYK0%, 71%, 1%, 13%

Lab56.45, 77.05, -47.74

XYZ44.88, 24.36, 70.05

Decimal14565596

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of magenta

#da2ad8 #c823c6 #b31fb1 #9d1b9b #871786 #711470 #5b105a #460c45 #30082f #1a051a

Tints of magenta

#e152df #e463e2 #e775e6 #ea86e9 #ed98ec #f0a9ef #f3bbf3 #f6cdf6 #f9def9 #fcf0fc

Colors that go with magenta

Complementary#40de42 Analogous#9140de Analogous#de408d Triadic#dcde40 Triadic#40dcde Split complementary#8dde40 Split complementary#40de91

Magenta in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 71, 1, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #de40dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 71 1 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 69 5 19

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.

Magenta in css

Copy #de40dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de40dc; }
.text { color: #de40dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de40dc; }

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 #de40dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de40dc 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 #de40dc 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 #de40dc 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

The figures for #de40dc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.