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Named color

Royal Purple

Royal Purple color #7851A9: RGB 120, 81, 169 and HSL 267°, 35%, 49%. Explore its cool purple profile, contrast, CSS, palettes and harmonies.

#7851A9 purple cool balanced
HEX #7851A9
RGB rgb(120, 81, 169)
HSL hsl(267 35% 49%)
CMYK cmyk(29, 52, 0, 34)
Luminance 0.1274
Contrast Black 3.55:1White 5.92:1

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CSS Utilities

--color-royal-purple: #7851A9;
.bg-royal-purple { background-color: #7851A9; }
.text-royal-purple { color: #7851A9; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Color meaning and use

About Royal Purple Color

Royal Purple uses HEX #7851A9, RGB 120, 81, 169, and HSL 267°, 35%, 49%. The dataset classifies it in the purple family with cool temperature and balanced visual character.

No separate named-color neighbor is recorded for this entry. Its relative luminance is 0.1274; black contrast is 3.55:1 and white contrast is 5.92:1, making white the stronger of those two standard foreground choices.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Royal Purple against black and white text.

Black text3.55:1AA Fail
White text5.92:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Downloadable color reference infographic

Royal Purple Color Reference Infographic

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Royal Purple color reference infographic showing #7851A9, RGB and HSL values, a coordinated palette, and black and white text contrast.
Royal Purple color reference infographic generated from the verified Colors Encyclopedia dataset.
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Color Harmonies

#81A951#81A951#5156A9#5156A9#A451A9#A451A9#A97951#A97951#51A979#51A979
Open full Royal Purple harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#A88DC8#A88DC8#4C336B#4C336B#7636C4#7636C4#7B6D8D#7B6D8D#BBAFCA#BBAFCA#8624FF#8624FF

Pairings

White#FFFFFF#81A951#81A951#5156A9#5156A9#A451A9#A451A9Matte Black#1A1A1AWhite Smoke#F5F5F5

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1274
Black text3.55:1AA Fail
White text5.92:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{
  "hex": "#7851A9",
  "rgb": [
    120,
    81,
    169
  ],
  "hsl": [
    267,
    35,
    49
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    29,
    52,
    0,
    34
  ],
  "luminance": 0.1274,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 3.55,
    "white": 5.92
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#81A951",
  "analogous": [
    "#5156A9",
    "#A451A9"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#A97951",
    "#51A979"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#A95156",
    "#81A951",
    "#51A9A4"
  ],
  "splitComplementary": [
    "#A9A451",
    "#56A951"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#A88DC8",
    "#7851A9",
    "#4C336B"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#A88DC8",
  "dark": "#4C336B",
  "saturated": "#7636C4",
  "desaturated": "#7B6D8D",
  "pastel": "#BBAFCA",
  "neon": "#8624FF"
}
Pairings
{
  "best": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#81A951",
    "#5156A9",
    "#A451A9"
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "#7B6D8D",
    "#A88DC8"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#A88DC8",
    "#7B6D8D"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
  "nearestColors": [
    "grape",
    "amethyst-deep",
    "rebecca-purple",
    "slate-blue",
    "iolite"
  ],
  "generatedPalettes": [
    "royal-purple"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
    "plum-purple-vs-royal-purple",
    "royal-purple-vs-amethyst-deep",
    "royal-purple-vs-grape",
    "slate-blue-vs-royal-purple"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
    "/colors/by-family/purple",
    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/balanced"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
    "/harmonies/royal-purple",
    "/wcag/royal-purple",
    "/css/colors/royal-purple",
    "/hex/7851a9",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
    "broader": [
      "/colors/by-family/purple",
      "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
      "/colors/by-tone/balanced"
    ],
    "narrower": [
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    ],
    "related": [
      "/colors/grape",
      "/colors/amethyst-deep",
      "/colors/rebecca-purple",
      "/colors/slate-blue",
      "/colors/iolite",
      "/compare/plum-purple-vs-royal-purple",
      "/compare/royal-purple-vs-amethyst-deep",
      "/compare/royal-purple-vs-grape",
      "/compare/slate-blue-vs-royal-purple",
      "/harmonies/royal-purple",
      "/wcag/royal-purple",
      "/css/colors/royal-purple",
      "/hex/7851a9",
      "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
      "/tools/color-palette-generator",
      "/tools/css-color-mixer",
      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "slug": "royal-purple",
  "name": "Royal Purple",
  "hex": "#7851A9",
  "uses": [
    "beauty branding",
    "creative systems",
    "premium accents"
  ],
  "psychology": {
    "associations": [
      "creativity",
      "depth",
      "softness"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "beauty",
      "wellness",
      "luxury",
      "creative tools"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "strict operational dashboards"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "sourceType": "curated",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/assets/colors.json",
  "origin": {
    "type": "common",
    "notes": "Curated common color reference used in design and editorial color systems."
  },
  "family": "purple",
  "temperature": "cool",
  "tone": [
    "balanced"
  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
  "tags": [
    "purple",
    "cool",
    "balanced",
    "beauty-branding",
    "creative-systems",
    "premium-accents",
    "creativity",
    "depth",
    "softness"
  ],
  "popularity": 80,
  "rgb": [
    120,
    81,
    169
  ],
  "hsl": [
    267,
    35,
    49
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    29,
    52,
    0,
    34
  ],
  "luminance": 0.1274,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 3.55,
    "white": 5.92
  },
  "harmonies": {
    "complementary": "#81A951",
    "analogous": [
      "#5156A9",
      "#A451A9"
    ],
    "triadic": [
      "#A97951",
      "#51A979"
    ],
    "tetradic": [
      "#A95156",
      "#81A951",
      "#51A9A4"
    ],
    "splitComplementary": [
      "#A9A451",
      "#56A951"
    ],
    "monochromatic": [
      "#A88DC8",
      "#7851A9",
      "#4C336B"
    ]
  },
  "variants": {
    "light": "#A88DC8",
    "dark": "#4C336B",
    "saturated": "#7636C4",
    "desaturated": "#7B6D8D",
    "pastel": "#BBAFCA",
    "neon": "#8624FF"
  },
  "wcag": {
    "AA": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "AAA": []
  },
  "css": {
    "variable": "--color-royal-purple: #7851A9;",
    "utility": ".bg-royal-purple { background-color: #7851A9; }",
    "textUtility": ".text-royal-purple { color: #7851A9; }"
  },
  "nearestColors": [
    "grape",
    "amethyst-deep",
    "rebecca-purple",
    "slate-blue",
    "iolite"
  ],
  "generatedPalettes": [
    "royal-purple"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
    "plum-purple-vs-royal-purple",
    "royal-purple-vs-amethyst-deep",
    "royal-purple-vs-grape",
    "slate-blue-vs-royal-purple"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/balanced"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
    "/harmonies/royal-purple",
    "/wcag/royal-purple",
    "/css/colors/royal-purple",
    "/hex/7851a9",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
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      "/colors/by-tone/balanced"
    ],
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    ],
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      "/colors/amethyst-deep",
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      "/colors/slate-blue",
      "/colors/iolite",
      "/compare/plum-purple-vs-royal-purple",
      "/compare/royal-purple-vs-amethyst-deep",
      "/compare/royal-purple-vs-grape",
      "/compare/slate-blue-vs-royal-purple",
      "/harmonies/royal-purple",
      "/wcag/royal-purple",
      "/css/colors/royal-purple",
      "/hex/7851a9",
      "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
      "/tools/color-palette-generator",
      "/tools/css-color-mixer",
      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  },
  "pairings": {
    "best": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#81A951",
      "#5156A9",
      "#A451A9"
    ],
    "avoid": [
      "#7B6D8D",
      "#A88DC8"
    ],
    "neutral": [
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
    ],
    "highContrast": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "lowContrast": [
      "#A88DC8",
      "#7B6D8D"
    ]
  }
}
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