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Plentiful Sinii

#3f7df1
Notes

Plentiful Sinii (#3F7DF1) 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 (219°, 86%, 60%) 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 amber. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#3f7df1
RGB
rgb(63, 125, 241)
HSL
hsl(219, 86%, 60%)
HWB
hwb(219 25% 5%)
OKLCH
oklch(61.1% 0.186 261.5)
HSV
hsv(219, 74%, 95%)
LAB
lab(54.10% 19.28 -64.10)
LCH
lch(54.10% 66.94 286.74)
CMYK
cmyk(74%, 48%, 0%, 5%)

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.

Sinii
noun

The Russian word for deep blue — distinct from goluboy (light/sky blue) in Russian color vocabulary, which (uniquely among major languages) names two separate basic blue categories. The color refers to a sinii-painted Russian Orthodox church dome: a saturated, slightly cool very deep blue with the matte finish of distemper-and-pigment paint.

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.

#3f7df1
Original
#3b8af5
Protanopia
#007aef
Deuteranopia
#0099ab
Tritanopia
#787878
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
3.88:1
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
5.41:1

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