Magenta

#ea00ce

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 vivid. 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 #ea00ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea00ce

RGB234, 0, 206

HSL307, 100%, 46%

HSV307, 100%, 92%

CMYK0%, 100%, 12%, 8%

Lab53.97, 88.3, -43.56

XYZ45.07, 21.95, 60.25

Decimal15335630

Web safe#ff00cc

Pantone2385 C

Shades of magenta

#d600bc #c100aa #ad0098 #990086 #840074 #700063 #5c0051 #47003f #33002d #1f001b

Tints of magenta

#ff05e1 #ff1fe4 #ff38e7 #ff52ea #ff6ced #ff86f1 #ffa0f4 #ffbaf7 #ffd3fa #ffedfd

Colors that go with magenta

Complementary#00ea1c Analogous#9100ea Analogous#ea0059 Triadic#ceea00 Triadic#00ceea Split complementary#59ea00 Split complementary#00ea91

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, 100, 12, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea00ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 12 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 15 14

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Magenta in css

Copy #ea00ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea00ce; }
.text { color: #ea00ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea00ce; }

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 #ea00ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea00ce against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Magenta on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ea00ce 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn magenta into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ea00ce 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 #ea00ce are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.