Dark magenta

#af00a4

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 vivid. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Dark magenta color values

Every conversion for #af00a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af00a4

RGB175, 0, 164

HSL304, 100%, 34%

HSV304, 100%, 69%

CMYK0%, 100%, 6%, 31%

Lab40.89, 72.48, -40.36

XYZ24.38, 11.79, 36.11

Decimal11468964

Web safe#990099

Pantone253 C

Shades of dark magenta

#a10096 #920089 #84007b #75006e #670060 #580053 #4a0045 #3b0038 #2d002a #1f001d

Tints of dark magenta

#cf00c2 #ee00df #ff0ff0 #ff2ff2 #ff4ff4 #ff6ef6 #ff8ef8 #ffaefa #ffcdfc #ffedfe

Colors that go with dark magenta

Complementary#00af0b Analogous#6200af Analogous#af004c Triadic#a4af00 Triadic#00a4af Split complementary#4caf00 Split complementary#00af63

Dark 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, 100, 6, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af00a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 6 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 10 37

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.

Dark magenta in css

Copy #af00a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af00a4; }
.text { color: #af00a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af00a4; }

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 #af00a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af00a4 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 #af00a4 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 #af00a4 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

The figures for #af00a4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.