Purple color

Dark Magenta #8B008B

#8B008B · rgb(139, 0, 139)

Dark Magenta is the color #8B008B. In RGB it is rgb(139, 0, 139) — 55% red, 0% green and 55% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 45% black, and in HSL it sits at 300° hue, 100% saturation and 27% lightness. Dark Magenta is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: dark-magenta works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #990099.

Open in color picker Convert Make a palette Check contrast

Dark Magenta color codes

Hex#8B008B
RGBrgb(139, 0, 139)
RGB %55%, 0%, 55%
HSLhsl(300, 100%, 27%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 100%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 45%)
OKLCHoklch(45% 0.205 328)
Closest web-safe#990099

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Dark Magenta against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 8.50:1 Black text — 2.47:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

Color harmonies

Complementary
Analogous
Split-complementary
Triadic
Tetradic
Square
Rainbow

Colors similar to Dark Magenta

Purple#800080Grape#6F2DA8Rebecca Purple#663399Byzantium#702963Dark Violet#9400D3Dark Orchid#9932CC