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Assured Ipomoea

#6d46a9
Notes

Assured Ipomoea (#6D46A9) is a true indigo 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 (264°, 41%, 47%) 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 lime. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#6d46a9
RGB
rgb(109, 70, 169)
HSL
hsl(264, 41%, 47%)
HWB
hwb(264 27% 34%)
OKLCH
oklch(48.8% 0.153 298.8)
HSV
hsv(264, 59%, 66%)
LAB
lab(38.72% 38.23 -47.37)
LCH
lch(38.72% 60.87 308.91)
CMYK
cmyk(36%, 59%, 0%, 34%)

Etymology

Assured
adjective

Old French aseürer, to give assurance — past-participle of assure. As a color modifier, assured implies a saturated-and-confident quality where the hue carries unwavering certainty about its own visual identity. Sits at the bold-and-confident end of the grid, parallel to certain and poised.

Ipomoea
noun

Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) — a Central American Convolvulaceae annual cultivated worldwide for its trumpet-shaped deep-violet flowers that open at dawn and close by midday. Ipomoea color refers to a freshly opened Ipomoea purpurea trumpet at dawn: a saturated, slightly cool deep violet with the velvet finish of fresh fused-petaled trumpet corolla. The genus name combines Greek ips (worm) and hómoios (similar).

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.

#6d46a9
Original
#135bac
Protanopia
#255aa7
Deuteranopia
#605b71
Tritanopia
#555555
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
6.78:1
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
3.10:1

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