Ghostly Purple Color

#7b5d92

Ghostly Purple is calm, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange

Inverse Color #84a26d
Complementary Color #73925c
Color Shade: violet (273.96° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 46.86% (better contrasting with white)
Ghostly Purple Color Sample
Ghostly Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7b5d92

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Ghostly Purple Color. The Greyish Purple color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mulled Grape (#675a74) for more calm effect. Try Futaai Indigo as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#73925c is the best complementary color to Ghostly Purple. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7b5d92 complementary color is Highland, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Trendy Pink are #605c92 and #925c8e. Thus found on the left and right of #7b5d92 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scampi and Strikemaster colors as they work well with Ghostly Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ghostly Purple palette consists of #5c9260 and #8e925c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#73925c). Try Spring Leaves and Avocado colors in combination with #7b5d92, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #7b5d92 offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ghostly Purple. Thus Patina and Domino giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ghostly Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Highland, Au Chico, and Patina split by 90° on the color wheel. #7b5d92 square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid cyan shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Ghostly Purple tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#73925c) and two others. The Domino is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Waikawa Gray – 120° from the complementary Highland. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #927b5c and #5c7392.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7b5d92 is made of 34% red, 26% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Ghostly Purple has a hue angle of 273.96°, a saturation of 22.18% and a lightness of 46.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7b5d92 is made of 9.01% cyan, 20.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 42.75% black ink.

HEX #7b5d92
RGB Decimal rgb(123,93,146)
RGB Percentage 34%, 26%, 40%
CMYK 9.01, 20.78, 0, 42.75
HSL hsl(273.96,22.18%,46.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(273.96,36.3%,57.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.3974,22.8687,-24.5584)
XYZ xyz(17.271,14.115,29.0083)
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