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#7A5DDA Color

#7A5DDA is rgb(122, 93, 218) in RGB, hsl(254, 63%, 61%) in HSL, and about cmyk(44%, 57%, 0%, 15%) 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 6.53. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#7A5DDA
HEX#7A5DDA
RGBrgb(122, 93, 218)
HSLhsl(254, 63%, 61%)
HSVhsv(254, 57%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(44%, 57%, 0%, 15%)
OKLCHoklch(57.2% 0.183 290.1)
LABlab(47.53% 35.04 -61.27)
LCHlch(47.53% 70.59 299.77)

What #7A5DDA 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 #7A5DDA, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Medium Slate Blue#7B68EEΔE 6.53Slate Blue#6A5ACDΔE 6.66Iris#5A4FCFΔE 8.78Majorelle Blue#6050DCΔE 11.19Plump Purple#5946B2ΔE 13.05Medium Purple#9370DBΔE 13.13

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

#7A5DDA Channel Values

How #7A5DDA 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 93 · B 2188-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 254° · S 63% · L 61%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 254° · S 57% · V 85%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 44% · M 57% · Y 0% · K 15%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.77:1 vs white · 4.41:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #7A5DDA 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 text4.77:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text4.41:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #7A5DDA in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #7A5DDA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #7A5DDA; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#7A5DDA
Complementary
#BDDA5D
Analogous
#5D7EDA
Analogous
#B95DDA
Triadic
#DA7A5D
Triadic
#5DDA7A
Split comp.
#DAB95D
Split comp.
#7EDA5D

Tints & Shades of #7A5DDA

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

#8B72DF
#A08BE5
#B19FE9
#C2B4EE
#D3C9F3
#E7E2F8

Shades

#5F3CD3
#4C2ABB
#3F239A
#2F1A74
#221353
#140B32

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #7A5DDA.

How #7A5DDA 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#7A5DDA
Protanopia#6363DA
Protanomaly#6D60DA
Deuteranopia#6868DA
Deuteranomaly#6F64DA
Tritanopia#617777
Tritanomaly#6C6DA8
Achromatopsia#737373

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #7A5DDA in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-7a5dda: #7A5DDA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #7A5DDA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-7a5dda': '#7A5DDA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.478, green: 0.365, blue: 0.855)
Android XML<color name="color_7a5dda">#7A5DDA</color>
SVG fillfill="#7A5DDA"

More Blue Colors

#7A5DDA sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

000024fafaff00002ef9fafb000033f8fafc000038f8f8ff000042f5faff000047f5f5ff002147007dfa0f52ba1c39bb2a3439372aac4e3cc364609a7abdff979aaab8dbffd6d6ff

#7A5DDA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #7A5DDA?

#7A5DDA is a light blue — rgb(122, 93, 218) in RGB and hsl(254, 63%, 61%) 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 6.53.

What is the RGB value of #7A5DDA?

#7A5DDA is rgb(122, 93, 218) — red 122, green 93, and blue 218 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #7A5DDA?

#7A5DDA converts to approximately cmyk(44%, 57%, 0%, 15%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #7A5DDA be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #7A5DDA scores 4.77:1 against white and 4.41:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #7A5DDA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #7A5DDA 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 6.53, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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