Dried Magenta Color

#ff40ff

Dried 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 #00bf00
Complementary Color #40ff40
Color Shade: cool magenta (300° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 62.55% (better contrasting with white)
Dried Magenta Color Sample
Dried Magenta Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff40ff

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Dried Magenta Color. The Candy Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blush Pink (#ff6fff) for more calm effect. Try Strawberry Frosting as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#40ff40 is the best complementary color to Dried 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 #ff40ff complementary color is Screamin' Green, 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 Pink Flamingo are #9f40ff and #ff409f. Thus found on the left and right of #ff40ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Electric Violet and Wild Strawberry colors as they work well with Dried Magenta.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dried Magenta palette consists of #40ff9f and #9fff40 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#40ff40). Try Screamin' Green and Green Yellow colors in combination with #ff40ff, 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 #ff40ff 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 Dried Magenta. Thus Cyan / Aqua and Golden Fizz giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dried Magenta contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Screamin' Green, Yellow Orange, and Dodger Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff40ff 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. Dried Magenta tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#40ff40) and two others. The Golden Fizz is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue Ribbon – 120° from the complementary Screamin' Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #feff40 and #4040ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff40ff is made of 44% red, 11% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Dried Magenta has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 62.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff40ff is made of 0% cyan, 74.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff40ff
RGB Decimal rgb(255,64,255)
RGB Percentage 44%, 11%, 44%
CMYK 0, 74.9, 0, 0
HSL hsl(300,100%,62.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(300,74.9%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.464,89.0611,-55.8255)
XYZ xyz(61.1234,32.1468,97.5911)
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