Magenta

#fa4dec

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 #fa4dec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fa4dec

RGB250, 77, 236

HSL305, 95%, 64%

HSV305, 69%, 98%

CMYK0%, 69%, 6%, 2%

Lab63.08, 81.31, -45.95

XYZ57.22, 31.69, 82.46

Decimal16403948

Web safe#ff66ff

Pantone252 C

Shades of magenta

#f930e9 #f813e6 #e807d5 #cb06bb #ae05a0 #910486 #74036b #570251 #3b0236 #1e011b

Tints of magenta

#fa5dee #fb6def #fb7df1 #fc8df3 #fc9df5 #fdadf6 #fdbdf8 #fecefa #fedefb #ffeefd

Colors that go with magenta

Complementary#4dfa5b Analogous#b14dfa Analogous#fa4d96 Triadic#ecfa4d Triadic#4decfa Split complementary#95fa4d Split complementary#4dfab1

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 0, 69, 6, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fa4dec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 69 6 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 10 8

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 #fa4dec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fa4dec; }
.text { color: #fa4dec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fa4dec; }

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 #fa4dec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fa4dec 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 #fa4dec 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 #fa4dec 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 #fa4dec are worked out. 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.