Magenta

#e159ff

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

This is Magenta, a vivid purple at 289 degrees. 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 #e159ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e159ff

RGB225, 89, 255

HSL289, 100%, 67%

HSV289, 65%, 100%

CMYK12%, 65%, 0%, 0%

Lab61.97, 74.6, -58.46

XYZ52.67, 30.37, 97.69

Decimal14768639

Web safe#cc66ff

Pantone252 C

Shades of magenta

#db3aff #d61aff #cd00fa #b300db #9900bb #80009c #66007d #4c005d #33003e #19001f

Tints of magenta

#e468ff #e677ff #e985ff #ec94ff #eea3ff #f1b2ff #f4c1ff #f6d0ff #f9deff #fcedff

Colors that go with magenta

Complementary#77ff59 Analogous#8e59ff Analogous#ff59ca Triadic#ffe159 Triadic#59ffe1 Split complementary#caff59 Split complementary#59ff8e

Magenta in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 12, 65, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e159ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 65 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 64 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 #e159ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e159ff; }
.text { color: #e159ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e159ff; }

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 #e159ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e159ff 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 #e159ff 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 #e159ff 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

Every value on this page for #e159ff is computed, not guessed. 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.