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Triumphant Sinii

#4579f3
Notes

Triumphant Sinii (#4579F3) 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 (222°, 88%, 61%) 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
#4579f3
RGB
rgb(69, 121, 243)
HSL
hsl(222, 88%, 61%)
HWB
hwb(222 27% 5%)
OKLCH
oklch(60.6% 0.192 264.1)
HSV
hsv(222, 72%, 95%)
LAB
lab(53.39% 23.22 -66.35)
LCH
lch(53.39% 70.29 289.29)
CMYK
cmyk(72%, 50%, 0%, 5%)

Etymology

Triumphant
adjective

Latin triumphāns, celebrating victory — present-participle of triumphāre. As a color modifier, triumphant implies a saturated-and-celebratory-and-victorious quality, the deep-rich color of Roman-Imperial-period triumphal-arch spolia relief and Arch-of-Titus victory imagery. Sits at the bold-and-celebratory end of the grid, parallel to victorious and conquering.

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.

#4579f3
Original
#2d88f7
Protanopia
#0078f1
Deuteranopia
#0096ab
Tritanopia
#777777
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
3.98:1
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
5.28:1

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