Dark magenta

#8b2f74

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

Dark magenta sits in the pink band, deep and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Dark magenta color values

Every conversion for #8b2f74, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8b2f74

RGB139, 47, 116

HSL315, 49%, 36%

HSV315, 66%, 55%

CMYK0%, 66%, 17%, 45%

Lab35.56, 46.84, -19.71

XYZ14.82, 8.78, 17.44

Decimal9121652

Web safe#993366

Pantone512 C

Shades of dark magenta

#7f2b6a #742761 #682357 #5d1f4d #511b44 #45173a #3a1430 #2e1026 #220c1d #170813

Tints of dark magenta

#a23787 #b93e9a #c452a8 #cc68b3 #d47fbf #dc96ca #e3add6 #ebc4e1 #f3dbed #faf2f8

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#2f8b46 Analogous#742f8b Analogous#8b2f46 Triadic#748b2f Triadic#2f748b Split complementary#468b2f Split complementary#2f8b74

Dark magenta in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 66, 17, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8b2f74 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 66 17 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 65 20 51

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

Dark magenta in css

Copy #8b2f74 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8b2f74; }
.text { color: #8b2f74; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8b2f74; }

How dark magenta looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark magenta and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8b2f74 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8b2f74 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark magenta on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8b2f74 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark magenta? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark magenta into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8b2f74 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 dark magenta, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #8b2f74 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.