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Bountiful Naruto

#3092ee
Notes

Bountiful Naruto (#3092EE) is a true azure with a neon character. It sits at the high-saturation edge of its family. Use it sparingly, as signage, accent, or highlight against darker surfaces. Its HSL profile (209°, 85%, 56%) 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
#3092ee
RGB
rgb(48, 146, 238)
HSL
hsl(209, 85%, 56%)
HWB
hwb(209 19% 7%)
OKLCH
oklch(64.9% 0.164 250.9)
HSV
hsv(209, 80%, 93%)
LAB
lab(59.30% 3.80 -54.13)
LCH
lch(59.30% 54.26 274.01)
CMYK
cmyk(80%, 39%, 0%, 7%)

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.

Naruto
noun

The Naruto Strait between Honshū and Shikoku — and the deep blue of the strait's whirlpool waters at peak tidal flow. Naruto-iro refers to the deep azure of the strait. The color refers to mid-depth Naruto Strait water at high tide: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the optical complexity of high-velocity tidal flow over deep channel.

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.

#3092ee
Original
#6698f2
Protanopia
#4787ec
Deuteranopia
#00a8b4
Tritanopia
#848484
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).
AA Largeon White
3.24:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
6.47:1

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