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Bountiful Modré

#2f4a9c
Notes

Bountiful Modré (#2F4A9C) is a true blue with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (225°, 54%, 40%) 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
#2f4a9c
RGB
rgb(47, 74, 156)
HSL
hsl(225, 54%, 40%)
HWB
hwb(225 18% 39%)
OKLCH
oklch(43.6% 0.137 266.9)
HSV
hsv(225, 70%, 61%)
LAB
lab(33.78% 18.46 -47.79)
LCH
lch(33.78% 51.23 291.12)
CMYK
cmyk(70%, 53%, 0%, 39%)

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.

Modré
noun

The Czech word for blue — used for the saturated deep blue of Czech traditional Modrotisk (blue-print) folk-textile resist-dyeing. Modré covers the entire blue spectrum in Czech color vocabulary. The color refers to a freshly Modrotisk-printed cotton: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the matte finish of plant-dyed-resist-printed cotton.

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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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.

#2f4a9c
Original
#17559f
Protanopia
#004b9a
Deuteranopia
#005d6c
Tritanopia
#4a4a4a
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
8.14:1
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
2.58:1

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