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#7A3E5E Color

#7A3E5E is rgb(122, 62, 94) in RGB, hsl(328, 33%, 36%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 49%, 23%, 52%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Twilight Lavender (#8A496B), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 5.47. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#7A3E5E
HEX#7A3E5E
RGBrgb(122, 62, 94)
HSLhsl(328, 33%, 36%)
HSVhsv(328, 49%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 49%, 23%, 52%)
OKLCHoklch(45% 0.093 348.3)
LABlab(34.93% 29.72 -6.80)
LCHlch(34.93% 30.49 347.12)

What #7A3E5E Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #7A3E5E, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Twilight Lavender#8A496BΔE 5.47Sugar Plum#914E75ΔE 8.52Old Mauve#673147ΔE 8.66Quinacridone Magenta#8E3A59ΔE 11.55Dark Byzantium#5D3954ΔE 11.76Medium Violet#65315FΔE 11.82

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every pink in the library.

#7A3E5E Channel Values

How #7A3E5E breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 122 · G 62 · B 948-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 328° · S 33% · L 36%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 328° · S 49% · V 48%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 49% · Y 23% · K 52%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance7.84:1 vs white · 2.68:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #7A3E5E background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text7.84:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text2.68:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #7A3E5E in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #7A3E5E

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #7A3E5E; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#7A3E5E
Complementary
#3E7A5A
Analogous
#783E7A
Analogous
#7A3E40
Triadic
#5E7A3E
Triadic
#3E5E7A
Split comp.
#407A3E
Split comp.
#3E7A78

Tints & Shades of #7A3E5E

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#994D75
#B0638C
#C082A3
#CD9DB7
#DDBBCD
#ECDAE4

Shades

#693551
#5C2E46
#4B2639
#3D1F2F
#2C1622
#1F0F17

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #7A3E5E.

How #7A3E5E Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#7A3E5E
Protanopia#4C4C5E
Protanomaly#62475E
Deuteranopia#58585C
Deuteranomaly#674F5D
Tritanopia#784343
Tritanomaly#79414F
Achromatopsia#525252

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Using #7A3E5E in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-7a3e5e: #7A3E5E;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #7A3E5E;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-7a3e5e': '#7A3E5E' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.478, green: 0.243, blue: 0.369)
Android XML<color name="color_7a3e5e">#7A3E5E</color>
SVG fillfill="#7A3E5E"

More Pink Colors

#7A3E5E sits in the pink family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

200e15fff5ff240024fff5f82e051ffff0ff2f1d2ffff0f6301934fff0f5330033ffe0f057001d754875940094a800b7c43162d07cd0e0115fe936a7f38fa9fb64b6ff0a85ff70b8

#7A3E5E Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #7A3E5E?

#7A3E5E is a dark pink — rgb(122, 62, 94) in RGB and hsl(328, 33%, 36%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Twilight Lavender (#8A496B), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 5.47.

What is the RGB value of #7A3E5E?

#7A3E5E is rgb(122, 62, 94) — red 122, green 62, and blue 94 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #7A3E5E?

#7A3E5E converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 49%, 23%, 52%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #7A3E5E be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #7A3E5E scores 7.84:1 against white and 2.68:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #7A3E5E as a CSS color keyword?

No. #7A3E5E is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is palevioletred (#DB7093) at a CIE76 distance of 31.38, which is a different colour altogether.

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