Magenta

#e044d4

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 #e044d4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e044d4

RGB224, 68, 212

HSL305, 72%, 57%

HSV305, 70%, 88%

CMYK0%, 70%, 5%, 12%

Lab56.82, 74.94, -42.6

XYZ44.69, 24.74, 64.71

Decimal14697684

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone252 C

Shades of magenta

#dc2ecf #ce22c0 #b71eab #a11b96 #8a1781 #74136d #5e1058 #470c43 #31082e #1a0419

Tints of magenta

#e355d8 #e666dc #e978e0 #eb89e4 #ee9ae8 #f1abec #f4bcf0 #f7cdf4 #fadff8 #fcf0fb

Colors that go with magenta

Complementary#44e050 Analogous#9e44e0 Analogous#e04486 Triadic#d4e044 Triadic#44d4e0 Split complementary#86e044 Split complementary#44e09e

Magenta in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 70, 5, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e044d4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 70 5 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 68 9 18

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 #e044d4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e044d4; }
.text { color: #e044d4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e044d4; }

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 #e044d4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e044d4 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 #e044d4 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 #e044d4 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 #e044d4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.