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Plentiful Polynesia

#33a557
Notes

Plentiful Polynesia (#33A557) is a true green 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 (139°, 53%, 42%) 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 magenta. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#33a557
RGB
rgb(51, 165, 87)
HSL
hsl(139, 53%, 42%)
HWB
hwb(139 20% 35%)
OKLCH
oklch(64.0% 0.153 149.9)
P3
color(display-p3 0.3390 0.6381 0.3728)
HSV
hsv(139, 69%, 65%)
LAB
lab(60.16% -49.13 31.32)
LCH
lch(60.16% 58.26 147.48)
CMYK
cmyk(69%, 0%, 47%, 35%)

Etymology

Plentiful
adjective

Old French plentif, abundant — adjectival suffix -ful, derived from Latin plēnitās (fullness). As a color modifier, plentiful implies a saturated-and-generous quality where the hue carries rich visual abundance without restraint. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to abundant and bountiful.

Polynesia
noun

The vast triangle of Pacific islands — Hawaii, New Zealand, Easter Island, and the islands between. Polynesia refers to the unifying lagoon-blue-green of Polynesian atolls: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-green with the optical clarity of warm Pacific lagoon water across thousands of cultural-cousin atolls.

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.

Variations

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Harmonies

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.

#33a557
Original
#a69751
Protanopia
#988d5c
Deuteranopia
#00a292
Tritanopia
#878787
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
3.15:1
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
6.66:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##33A557
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.3390 0.6381 0.3728)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.153

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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