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Holographic Dumortierite

#6787fa
Notes

Holographic Dumortierite (#6787FA) is a true blue with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (227°, 94%, 69%) 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
#6787fa
RGB
rgb(103, 135, 250)
HSL
hsl(227, 94%, 69%)
HWB
hwb(227 40% 2%)
OKLCH
oklch(65.5% 0.174 269.4)
HSV
hsv(227, 59%, 98%)
LAB
lab(59.08% 22.43 -60.99)
LCH
lch(59.08% 64.99 290.19)
CMYK
cmyk(59%, 46%, 0%, 2%)

Etymology

Holographic
adjective

Greek hólos (whole) and graphé (writing) — adjectival suffix -ic. As a color modifier, holographic implies a saturated-and-multi-angle-shifting quality, the bright color of holographic-credit-card and trading-card dichroic-film 3D-image-reflection. Sits at the bright-and-shifting end of the grid, parallel to iridescent and prismatic in usage.

Dumortierite
noun

An aluminum-borate-silicate mineral — saturated deep blue, mined principally in Madagascar, Brazil, and Nevada. Used as ornamental stone and porcelain manufacturing additive. The color refers to a polished dumortierite cabochon: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the matte finish of opaque silicate mineral.

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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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.

#6787fa
Original
#5095fe
Protanopia
#3988f8
Deuteranopia
#00a1b4
Tritanopia
#888888
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
3.27:1
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
6.42:1

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