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Replete Sinii

#1f48b0
Notes

Replete Sinii (#1F48B0) is a true azure with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (223°, 70%, 41%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary amber. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#1f48b0
RGB
rgb(31, 72, 176)
HSL
hsl(223, 70%, 41%)
HWB
hwb(223 12% 31%)
OKLCH
oklch(44.1% 0.172 264.1)
HSV
hsv(223, 82%, 69%)
LAB
lab(34.11% 25.57 -59.26)
LCH
lch(34.11% 64.55 293.34)
CMYK
cmyk(82%, 59%, 0%, 31%)

Etymology

Replete
adjective

Latin replētus, filled — past-participle of replēre. As a color modifier, replete implies a saturated-and-fully-pigmented quality where the hue is completely loaded with its source pigment. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to brimming and suffused in usage.

Sinii
noun

The Russian word for deep blue — distinct from goluboy (light/sky blue) in Russian color vocabulary, which (uniquely among major languages) names two separate basic blue categories. The color refers to a sinii-painted Russian Orthodox church dome: a saturated, slightly cool very deep blue with the matte finish of distemper-and-pigment paint.

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.

#1f48b0
Original
#0057b3
Protanopia
#004aae
Deuteranopia
#006275
Tritanopia
#474747
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
8.04:1
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
2.61:1

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