Deathly Punch
Deathly Punch (#6A1457) is a deep magenta with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (313°, 68%, 25%) places it in the balanced 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 green. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.
Etymology
Old English dēath, death — adjectival suffix -ly. As a color modifier, deathly implies a deep-cool-and-pallid quality, the cold-shifted darkness associated with mortality and absence of vital warmth. Sits at the deep-and-cool end of the grid, parallel to funereal but with pallor undertone.
A bright pink-red color named for the surface of a fruit punch — particularly the Tahitian-style punches of mid-century cocktail culture and the brand-name Hawaiian Punch whose color was a signature. The color refers to a saturated, slightly cool red-pink: brighter than fuchsia, warmer than rose, with the mid-century-tropical weight of a color tied to a specific decade of American cookout entertaining.
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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Accessibility
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.
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.