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Decisive Pflaume

#6b3480
Notes

Decisive Pflaume (#6B3480) is a true violet 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 (283°, 42%, 35%) 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 green. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#6b3480
RGB
rgb(107, 52, 128)
HSL
hsl(283, 42%, 35%)
HWB
hwb(283 20% 50%)
OKLCH
oklch(43.1% 0.132 315.7)
HSV
hsv(283, 59%, 50%)
LAB
lab(32.13% 37.60 -32.96)
LCH
lch(32.13% 50.00 318.76)
CMYK
cmyk(16%, 59%, 0%, 50%)

Etymology

Decisive
adjective

From the Latin decidere, to cut off — used as a modifier for colors that read as firm and final. Decisive black, decisive red: the implication is that the color has settled on its position and won't drift. Sits in the bold-bucket corner alongside resolute, with a slightly sharper edge.

Pflaume
noun

German for plum (Prunus domestica) — particularly the deep-violet Hauszwetschge plum cultivar grown across southern Germany and Austria, the standard Pflaumenkuchen sheet-cake fruit. Pflaume color refers to a freshly picked Bavarian Hauszwetschge plum cross-section: a saturated, slightly cool deep violet with the matte finish of anthocyanin-rich plum skin and yellow-green flesh. Slightly warmer than French prune.

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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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.

#6b3480
Original
#204882
Protanopia
#344d7e
Deuteranopia
#6a4155
Tritanopia
#454545
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
8.65:1
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
2.43:1

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