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Magenta Color Code
HEX, RGB, HSL, and CMYK values for Magenta, plus its tints, shades, and similar colors.
HEX
#FF00FF
RGB
255, 0, 255
HSL
300, 100%, 50%
CMYK
0%, 100%, 0%, 0%
About Magenta
Magenta is a warm, vivid medium shade of pink, sitting at 300° on the color wheel with 100% saturation and 50% lightness.
For text or UI elements on a Magenta background, black text is more readable, giving a contrast ratio of 6.7:1 (AA).
Its computed complementary color is #00FF00, closest in the library to Dark Green.
Example text on Magenta
The Story Behind Magenta
Magenta is named after a town in Italy, commemorating a battle fought there in 1859, around the same time the dye itself was first synthesized. It's one of the four inks in CMYK printing, which makes it one of the most industrially important colors in existence even though it barely appears in nature.
Shades and Tints of Magenta
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