Hot Magenta Color

#ff00cc

Hot Magenta is vivid, cool-toned shade of mid magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid green, blue cyan or mid yellow

Inverse Color #0f3
Complementary Color #00ff32
Color Shade: mid magenta (312° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Hot Magenta Color Sample
Hot Magenta Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff00cc

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Hot Magenta Color. The Barbara color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Fashion Fuchsia (#f400a1) for more calm effect. Try Passionate Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00ff32 is the best complementary color to Hot Magenta. Mid green shades generally complement the mid magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f0c complementary color is Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #b200ff and #ff004c. Thus found on the left and right of #f0c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Electric Violet and Torch Red colors as they work well with Hot Magenta.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hot Magenta palette consists of #00ffb2 and #4cff00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00ff32). Try Spring Green and Harlequin colors in combination with #f0c, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #f0c 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 Hot Magenta. Thus Cyan / Aqua and Electric Lime giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hot Magenta contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green, Selective Yellow, and Blue Ribbon split by 90° on the color wheel. #f0c square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Hot Magenta tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#00ff32) and two others. The Electric Lime is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue – 120° from the complementary Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cbff00 and #3200ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff00cc is made of 56% red, 0% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Hot Magenta has a hue angle of 312°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff00cc is made of 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff00cc
RGB Decimal rgb(255,0,204)
RGB Percentage 56%, 0%, 44%
CMYK 0, 100, 20, 0
HSL hsl(312,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(312,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.6742,91.7417,-36.3256)
XYZ xyz(52.1391,25.6196,59.3238)
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