Screaming Magenta is vivid, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, blue cyan or mid yellow
| Inverse Color | #3f3 |
| Complementary Color | #0c0 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (300° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 40% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Screaming Magenta Color. The Flamingo Fury color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Heliotrope Magenta (#aa00bb) for more calm effect. Try Vice City as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0c0 is the best complementary color to Screaming Magenta. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c0c complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #6500cc and #c06. Thus found on the left and right of #c0c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Purple and White colors as they work well with Screaming Magenta.
The split-complementary Screaming Magenta palette consists of #0c6 and #6c0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0c0). Try White and White colors in combination with #c0c, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #c0c offers a combination of mid cyan and mid yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Screaming Magenta. Thus Robin's Egg Blue and Rio Grande giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Screaming Magenta contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Science Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #c0c square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and blue cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Screaming Magenta tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#0c0) and two others. The Rio Grande is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cbcc00 and #00c.
In a RGB color space, hex #cc00cc is made of 50% red, 0% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Screaming Magenta has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc00cc is made of 0% cyan, 80% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black ink.
| HEX | #cc00cc |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(204,0,204) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 0%, 50% |
| CMYK | 0, 80, 0, 20 |
| HSL | hsl(300,100%,40%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(300,100%,80%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(48.5073,83.0467,-51.4258) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.8009,17.197,58.5592) |