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Plentiful Mauritius

#469d57
Notes

Plentiful Mauritius (#469D57) 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 (132°, 38%, 45%) 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
#469d57
RGB
rgb(70, 157, 87)
HSL
hsl(132, 38%, 45%)
HWB
hwb(132 27% 38%)
OKLCH
oklch(62.5% 0.133 147.9)
HSV
hsv(132, 55%, 62%)
LAB
lab(58.13% -41.74 28.85)
LCH
lch(58.13% 50.74 145.35)
CMYK
cmyk(55%, 0%, 45%, 38%)

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.

Mauritius
noun

The Indian Ocean island east of Madagascar — and the saturated turquoise of Mauritian lagoon water at Le Morne and Tamarin Bay. Mauritius color refers to a Mauritian lagoon at midday: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-green with the optical clarity of warm Indian Ocean water.

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.

#469d57
Original
#9f9152
Protanopia
#93895c
Deuteranopia
#349a8c
Tritanopia
#858585
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
3.38:1
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
6.22:1

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