Magenta Color

#ff00ff

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 #0f0
Complementary Color #0f0
Color Shade: cool magenta (300° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Magenta Color Sample
Magenta Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff00ff

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Magenta Color. The Psychedelic Purple color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Piercing Pink (#dd00ee) for more calm effect. Try Ferocious Flamingo as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0f0 is the best complementary color to 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 #f0f complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #7f00ff and #ff007f. Thus found on the left and right of #f0f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Electric Violet and Rose colors as they work well with Magenta.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Magenta palette consists of #00ff7f and #7fff00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0f0). Try Spring Green and Chartreuse colors in combination with #f0f, 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 #f0f 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 Magenta. Thus Cyan / Aqua and Yellow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Magenta contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Flush Orange, and Azure Radiance split by 90° on the color wheel. #f0f square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm 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. Magenta tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#0f0) and two others. The Yellow 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 #feff00 and #00f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff00ff is made of 50% red, 0% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Magenta has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff00ff is made of 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff00ff
RGB Decimal rgb(255,0,255)
RGB Percentage 50%, 0%, 50%
CMYK 0, 100, 0, 0
HSL hsl(300,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(300,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.3199,98.2542,-60.843)
XYZ xyz(59.29,28.48,96.98)
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