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Organized Mûre

#4f4160
Notes

Organized Mûre (#4F4160) is a deep indigo 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 (267°, 19%, 32%) places it in the muted band at a dark lightness. It works well as a headline, icon, or deep background in an otherwise light layout, pairing cleanly with cream, bone, and warm neutrals. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary lime. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#4f4160
RGB
rgb(79, 65, 96)
HSL
hsl(267, 19%, 32%)
HWB
hwb(267 25% 62%)
OKLCH
oklch(40.3% 0.054 304.8)
P3
color(display-p3 0.3009 0.2569 0.3682)
HSV
hsv(267, 32%, 38%)
LAB
lab(30.13% 12.99 -16.09)
LCH
lch(30.13% 20.68 308.92)
CMYK
cmyk(18%, 32%, 0%, 62%)

Etymology

Organized
adjective

Greek órganon, instrument / tool — past-participle of organize. As a color modifier, organized implies a clear-and-coordinated-and-systematic quality where the hue carries the visual register of well-coordinated-and-classified arrangement. Sits at the crisp-and-orderly end of the grid, parallel to orderly and methodical in usage.

Mûre
noun

French for blackberry / mulberry (Rubus fruticosus / Morus nigra) — the deep-violet aggregate-drupe of European hedgerows and Morus tree-fruit, both important anthocyanin-rich autumn fruits. Mûre color refers to a freshly picked Rubus fruticosus aggregate-drupe in a Berry hedgerow: a saturated, slightly cool deep violet with the matte finish of anthocyanin-rich aggregate-drupelet cluster on hand-collected fruit.

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.

#4f4160
Original
#3b4661
Protanopia
#3e475f
Deuteranopia
#4c454c
Tritanopia
#464646
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).
AAAon White
9.30:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
2.26:1

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
##4F4160
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.3009 0.2569 0.3682)
Inside sRGBOKLCH chroma 0.054

This color sits well within the sRGB cube. P3 and sRGB share the gray axis and most desaturated tones, so a P3 display renders this identically to an sRGB display.

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