Bruise Color

#7e4071

Bruise is soft, cool-toned shade of mid magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid green, blue cyan or mid yellow

Inverse Color #81bf8e
Complementary Color #3f7e4c
Color Shade: mid magenta (312.58° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.25% (better contrasting with white)
Bruise Color Sample
Bruise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7e4071

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Bruise Color. The Àn Zǐ Purple color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Spanish Plum (#5c3357) for more calm effect. Try Japanese Violet as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3f7e4c is the best complementary color to Bruise. Mid green shades generally complement the mid magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7e4071 complementary color is Goblin, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cannon Pink are #6b3f7e and #7e3f52. Thus found on the left and right of #7e4071 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Affair and Cosmic colors as they work well with Bruise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bruise palette consists of #3f7e6b and #527e3f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f7e4c). Try Viridian and Fern Green colors in combination with #7e4071, 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 #7e4071 offers a combination of mid cyan and mid yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Bruise. Thus Oracle and Yellow Metal giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bruise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Goblin, Yellow Metal, and East Bay split by 90° on the color wheel. #7e4071 square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue 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. Bruise tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#3f7e4c) and two others. The Yellow Metal is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Victoria – 120° from the complementary Goblin. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #717e3f and #4c3f7e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7e4071 is made of 42% red, 21% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Bruise has a hue angle of 312.58°, a saturation of 32.63% and a lightness of 37.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7e4071 is made of 0% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 50.59% black ink.

HEX #7e4071
RGB Decimal rgb(126,64,113)
RGB Percentage 42%, 21%, 37%
CMYK 0, 24.31, 5.1, 50.59
HSL hsl(312.58,32.63%,37.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(312.58,49.21%,49.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.5455,33.8593,-16.4819)
XYZ xyz(13.4182,9.2947,16.7096)
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