#7E5AA5 · Plum

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#7E5AA5 is a medium, muted purple color, closest to Plum and near Plum and Slate Blue. In OKLCH it has 54% lightness and 0.12 chroma at hue 305°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #7E5AA5 a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#7E5AA5
RGBrgb(126, 90, 165)
HSLhsl(269, 29%, 50%)
CMYK24, 45, 0, 35
CSS var--plum
Contrast5.39:1 white · 3.89:1 black

Similar named colors

Plum #8E4585Slate Blue #6A5ACDAmethyst #9966CCIris #5A4FCFDusk #4E5481

How to use #7E5AA5

White text passes WCAG AA on #7E5AA5 (5.39:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #7E5AA5 with its analogous neighbors #5B5CA4 and #A35BA4; for contrast use its complement #81A45B as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--plum: #7E5AA5;

Shades & tints

#191221#322442#4C3663#654884#7E5AA5#987BB7#B29CC9#CBBDDB#E5DEED

Color harmonies for #7E5AA5

Complementary

#7E5AA5#81A45B

Analogous

#7E5AA5#5B5CA4#A35BA4

Triadic

#7E5AA5#A47E5B#5BA47E

Split complementary

#7E5AA5#A4A35B#5CA45B

Tetradic

#7E5AA5#A45B5C#81A45B#5BA4A3

Palettes with #7E5AA5