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#7A5AE2 Color

#7A5AE2 is rgb(122, 90, 226) in RGB, hsl(254, 70%, 62%) in HSL, and about cmyk(46%, 60%, 0%, 11%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Medium Slate Blue (#7B68EE), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 6.12. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#7A5AE2
HEX#7A5AE2
RGBrgb(122, 90, 226)
HSLhsl(254, 70%, 62%)
HSVhsv(254, 60%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(46%, 60%, 0%, 11%)
OKLCHoklch(57.2% 0.197 289.5)
LABlab(47.33% 38.49 -66.13)
LCHlch(47.33% 76.51 300.20)

What #7A5AE2 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 #7A5AE2, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Medium Slate Blue#7B68EEΔE 6.12Majorelle Blue#6050DCΔE 7.23Iris#5A4FCFΔE 8.81Lavender Indigo#9457EBΔE 10.15Slate Blue#6A5ACDΔE 11.86Very Light Blue#6666FFΔE 12.66

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

#7A5AE2 Channel Values

How #7A5AE2 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 90 · B 2268-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 254° · S 70% · L 62%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 254° · S 60% · V 89%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 46% · M 60% · Y 0% · K 11%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.79:1 vs white · 4.39:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #7A5AE2 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 text4.79:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text4.39:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #7A5AE2 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #7A5AE2

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #7A5AE2; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#7A5AE2
Complementary
#C2E25A
Analogous
#5A7EE2
Analogous
#BE5AE2
Triadic
#E27A5A
Triadic
#5AE27A
Split comp.
#E2BE5A
Split comp.
#7EE25A

Tints & Shades of #7A5AE2

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

#8B70E6
#9D86EA
#AE9BED
#C3B5F2
#D5CBF6
#E6E1FA

Shades

#5E38DC
#4822C3
#3B1CA0
#2E167E
#22105B
#130934

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #7A5AE2.

How #7A5AE2 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#7A5AE2
Protanopia#6060E2
Protanomaly#6C5EE2
Deuteranopia#6666E2
Deuteranomaly#6F61E2
Tritanopia#5E7777
Tritanomaly#6A6DAD
Achromatopsia#727272

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Using #7A5AE2 in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-7a5ae2: #7A5AE2;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #7A5AE2;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-7a5ae2': '#7A5AE2' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.478, green: 0.353, blue: 0.886)
Android XML<color name="color_7a5ae2">#7A5AE2</color>
SVG fillfill="#7A5AE2"

More Blue Colors

#7A5AE2 sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

000024fafaff00002ef9fafb000033f8fafc000038f8f8ff000042f5faff000047f5f5ff002147007dfa0f52ba1c39bb2a3439372aac4e3cc364609a7abdff979aaab8dbffd6d6ff

#7A5AE2 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #7A5AE2?

#7A5AE2 is a light blue — rgb(122, 90, 226) in RGB and hsl(254, 70%, 62%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7B68EE), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 6.12.

What is the RGB value of #7A5AE2?

#7A5AE2 is rgb(122, 90, 226) — red 122, green 90, and blue 226 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #7A5AE2?

#7A5AE2 converts to approximately cmyk(46%, 60%, 0%, 11%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #7A5AE2 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #7A5AE2 scores 4.79:1 against white and 4.39:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #7A5AE2 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #7A5AE2 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 mediumslateblue (#7B68EE) at a CIE76 distance of 6.12, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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