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Majestic Mûre

#6e2d74
Notes

Majestic Mûre (#6E2D74) is a deep 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 (295°, 44%, 32%) 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.

HEX
#6e2d74
RGB
rgb(110, 45, 116)
HSL
hsl(295, 44%, 32%)
HWB
hwb(295 18% 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(41.8% 0.132 324.2)
P3
color(display-p3 0.4000 0.1916 0.4412)
HSV
hsv(295, 61%, 45%)
LAB
lab(30.53% 39.52 -27.92)
LCH
lch(30.53% 48.38 324.76)
CMYK
cmyk(5%, 61%, 0%, 55%)

Etymology

Majestic
adjective

Latin māiestātis, majesty — adjectival suffix -ic. As a color modifier, majestic implies a saturated-and-imposing-grandeur quality, the deep-rich color of Salisbury-Cathedral-and-Chartres-Cathedral Gothic-architecture monumental presence against the open sky. Sits at the bold-and-imposing end of the grid, parallel to regal and imperial.

Mûre
noun

French for blackberry / mulberry (Rubus fruticosus / Morus nigra) — the deep-violet aggregate-drupe of European hedgerows and Morus tree-fruit, both important anthocyanin-rich autumn fruits. Mûre color refers to a freshly picked Rubus fruticosus aggregate-drupe in a Berry hedgerow: a saturated, slightly cool deep violet with the matte finish of anthocyanin-rich aggregate-drupelet cluster on hand-collected fruit.

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.

#6e2d74
Original
#214376
Protanopia
#384b72
Deuteranopia
#70374c
Tritanopia
#404040
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
9.17:1
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
2.29:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##6E2D74
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.4000 0.1916 0.4412)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.132

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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