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Replete Chàm

#5e78e5
Notes

Replete Chàm (#5E78E5) is a true blue with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (228°, 72%, 63%) 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 amber. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#5e78e5
RGB
rgb(94, 120, 229)
HSL
hsl(228, 72%, 63%)
HWB
hwb(228 37% 10%)
OKLCH
oklch(60.7% 0.167 270.6)
HSV
hsv(228, 59%, 90%)
LAB
lab(53.46% 22.97 -58.37)
LCH
lch(53.46% 62.72 291.48)
CMYK
cmyk(59%, 48%, 0%, 10%)

Etymology

Replete
adjective

Latin replētus, filled — past-participle of replēre. As a color modifier, replete implies a saturated-and-fully-pigmented quality where the hue is completely loaded with its source pigment. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to brimming and suffused in usage.

Chàm
noun

The Vietnamese word for indigo — and vải chàm, the indigo-dyed cotton worn by H'mong, Tay, and Black Thai ethnic groups in Northern Vietnam. The color refers to a freshly chàm-dyed H'mong skirt: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the matte finish of multi-bath plant-dyed cotton.

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.

#5e78e5
Original
#4286e9
Protanopia
#2b7ae3
Deuteranopia
#0091a3
Tritanopia
#7a7a7a
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
3.97:1
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
5.29:1

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