Magenta

#de5bf7

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

Magenta is a mid pink, grounded and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Magenta color values

Every conversion for #de5bf7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de5bf7

RGB222, 91, 247

HSL290, 91%, 66%

HSV290, 63%, 97%

CMYK10%, 63%, 0%, 3%

Lab61.42, 71.68, -54.95

XYZ50.65, 29.73, 91.06

Decimal14572535

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone252 C

Shades of magenta

#d83ef6 #d220f4 #c70bea #ae0acd #9509b0 #7c0792 #630675 #4a0458 #32033a #19011d

Tints of magenta

#e16af8 #e478f8 #e787f9 #ea96fa #eda4fb #f0b3fb #f3c2fc #f6d1fd #f9dffd #fceefe

Colors that go with magenta

Complementary#74f75b Analogous#905bf7 Analogous#f75bc2 Triadic#f7de5b Triadic#5bf7de Split complementary#c2f75b Split complementary#5bf790

Magenta in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 10, 63, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #de5bf7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 63 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 62 4 9

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 #de5bf7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de5bf7; }
.text { color: #de5bf7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de5bf7; }

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 #de5bf7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de5bf7 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 #de5bf7 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 #de5bf7 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 #de5bf7 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.