#7524BD

A medium, moderate purple closely aligning with Darkorchid.

About #7524BD

The hex code #7524BD represents a beautifully specific shade of purple. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkorchid. Its digital footprint relies on 117 parts red, 36 parts green, and 189 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 38% cyan and 81% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 271.8° hue, 68.0% saturation, and 44.1% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#7524BD
RGB117, 36, 189
HSL271.8°, 68.0%, 44.1%
CMYK38%, 81%, 0%, 26%
HSV271.8°, 81.0%, 74.1%
LAB35.4, 60.8, -64.5
XYZ17.2, 8.7, 48.9
Decimal7677117

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.65:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.74:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.32:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.33:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #7524BD; }
.text-color { color: #7524BD; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #7524BD; }

Similar Colors

Darkorchid
#9932CC