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Plentiful Violetta

#6849cf
Notes

Plentiful Violetta (#6849CF) is a true indigo 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 (254°, 58%, 55%) 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 yellow. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#6849cf
RGB
rgb(104, 73, 207)
HSL
hsl(254, 58%, 55%)
HWB
hwb(254 29% 19%)
OKLCH
oklch(51.6% 0.196 288.1)
HSV
hsv(254, 65%, 81%)
LAB
lab(41.55% 46.07 -65.07)
LCH
lch(41.55% 79.73 305.30)
CMYK
cmyk(50%, 65%, 0%, 19%)

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.

Violetta
noun

Italian for little violet (Viola odorata) — the diminutive form of viola, also the name of Verdi's tragic heroine in La Traviata (1853). Violetta color refers to a freshly cut Viola odorata nosegay: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-violet with the velvet finish of fresh viola petals. Richer than viola (the broader genus name) and less wisteria-warm than glicine.

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.

#6849cf
Original
#0065d3
Protanopia
#005ecc
Deuteranopia
#446a85
Tritanopia
#595959
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).
AAon White
6.10:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.44:1

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