HEX Color #7500A8 (Darkorchid)

About #7500A8

The precise color #7500A8 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkorchid. In the RGB color space, it consists of 117 red, 0 green, and 168 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 30% cyan and 100% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 281.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#7500A8

RGB117, 0, 168

HSL281.8°, 100.0%, 32.9%

CMYK30%, 100%, 0%, 34%

HSV281.8°, 100.0%, 65.9%

LAB30.9, 64.4, -59.4

XYZ14.4, 6.6, 37.6

Decimal7667880

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#7500A8 #32A700

Analogous

#2000A7 #A70086

Triadic

#A77400 #00A774

Tetradic

#A72000 #32A700 #0087A7

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#7500A8

#841CB1

#9338BB

#A355C5

#B271CE

#C18DD8

#D1AAE2

#E0C6EB

#EFE2F5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#7500A8

#680095

#5B0082

#4E0070

#41005D

#34004A

#270038

#1A0025

#0D0012

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.04:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.32:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

8.64:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.97:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #7500A8; }

.text-color { color: #7500A8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #7500A8; }

Similar Colors

Darkorchid

#9932CC