A security element has machine-readable magnetic security features in the form of at least two magnetic materials which have different magnitudes of coercive force and which are provided as a mixture in at least one printing ink that is applied onto a carrier substrate, wherein the at least one printing ink is provided in at least two regions on the security element with the same thickness and/or different thicknesses, and a defined mixture ratio of the at least two magnetic materials with different magnitudes of coercive force is provided in the at least one printing ink.