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Bountiful Indranīla

#2a54d5
Notes

Bountiful Indranīla (#2A54D5) is a true blue with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (225°, 67%, 50%) 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
#2a54d5
RGB
rgb(42, 84, 213)
HSL
hsl(225, 67%, 50%)
HWB
hwb(225 16% 16%)
OKLCH
oklch(50.0% 0.204 265.5)
HSV
hsv(225, 80%, 84%)
LAB
lab(40.63% 32.73 -70.19)
LCH
lch(40.63% 77.44 295.00)
CMYK
cmyk(80%, 61%, 0%, 16%)

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.

Indranīla
noun

The Sanskrit word for sapphire — combining Indra (the king of the gods) and nīla (deep blue). Used in classical Hindu jewelry vocabulary for the deep-blue gems of Indian royal regalia. The color refers to a faceted Kashmir indranīla: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the gem's signature internal velvet.

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.

#2a54d5
Original
#0068d9
Protanopia
#0058d3
Deuteranopia
#00758c
Tritanopia
#545454
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).
AAon White
6.31:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.33:1

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