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Bountiful Niger

#0655af
Notes

Bountiful Niger (#0655AF) is a true azure with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (212°, 93%, 35%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary orange. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#0655af
RGB
rgb(6, 85, 175)
HSL
hsl(212, 93%, 35%)
HWB
hwb(212 2% 31%)
OKLCH
oklch(46.3% 0.159 256.9)
HSV
hsv(212, 97%, 69%)
LAB
lab(37.17% 14.92 -53.72)
LCH
lch(37.17% 55.75 285.52)
CMYK
cmyk(97%, 51%, 0%, 31%)

Etymology

Bountiful
adjective

Old French bonté, goodness — adjectival suffix -ful. As a color modifier, bountiful implies a saturated-and-generous-and-abundant quality where the hue offers visual richness without measure. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to abundant and plentiful in usage.

Niger
noun

The third-longest river in Africa — flowing through Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, and Nigeria to the Gulf of Guinea. Niger color refers to mid-depth Niger River water at Timbuktu in Mali: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-brown with the optical complexity of West African inland-delta river water.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#0655af
Original
#165fb2
Protanopia
#0051ad
Deuteranopia
#006b7a
Tritanopia
#4b4b4b
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
7.18:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
2.93:1

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