Magenta

#e22bcf

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

Magenta sits in the pink band, mid and strong. 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 #e22bcf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e22bcf

RGB226, 43, 207

HSL306, 76%, 53%

HSV306, 81%, 89%

CMYK0%, 81%, 8%, 11%

Lab54.45, 81.62, -43.47

XYZ43.49, 22.4, 61.06

Decimal14822351

Web safe#cc33cc

Pantone2385 C

Shades of magenta

#d81ec4 #c31bb1 #ae189e #99158b #841278 #6f0f65 #5a0c52 #45093f #30072c #1b0419

Tints of magenta

#e53fd3 #e752d8 #ea66dc #ed7ae1 #ef8de5 #f2a1ea #f5b4ee #f7c8f3 #fadcf7 #fdeffb

Colors that go with magenta

Complementary#2be23e Analogous#9a2be2 Analogous#e22b73 Triadic#cfe22b Triadic#2bcfe2 Split complementary#73e22b Split complementary#2be29a

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 0, 81, 8, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e22bcf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 81 8 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 11 17

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 #e22bcf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e22bcf; }
.text { color: #e22bcf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e22bcf; }

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 #e22bcf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e22bcf 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 #e22bcf 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 #e22bcf 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 #e22bcf are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.