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Resplendent Bluestem

#33ae5c
Notes

Resplendent Bluestem (#33AE5C) 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 (140°, 55%, 44%) 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
#33ae5c
RGB
rgb(51, 174, 92)
HSL
hsl(140, 55%, 44%)
HWB
hwb(140 20% 32%)
OKLCH
oklch(66.5% 0.160 150.3)
HSV
hsv(140, 71%, 68%)
LAB
lab(63.13% -51.68 32.50)
LCH
lch(63.13% 61.05 147.83)
CMYK
cmyk(71%, 0%, 47%, 32%)

Etymology

Resplendent
adjective

Latin resplendēns, shining-back — present-participle of resplendere. As a color modifier, resplendent implies a saturated-and-magnificent-shining quality, the bright color of Imperial-court full-formal-regalia gold-and-silver-and-jewel reflective surfaces. Sits at the bright-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to radiant and brilliant in usage.

Bluestem
noun

The genera Andropogon and Schizachyrium — North American native prairie grasses whose stems shift from green to blue-purple in autumn. The color refers to S. scoparium (little bluestem) in midsummer: a soft, slightly cool blue-green-gray with the matte finish of upright prairie grass.

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.

#33ae5c
Original
#af9f56
Protanopia
#a09562
Deuteranopia
#00ab9a
Tritanopia
#8e8e8e
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).
Failon White
2.86:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
7.35:1

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