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Abundant Persephone

#7342b9
Notes

Abundant Persephone (#7342B9) 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 (265°, 47%, 49%) 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
#7342b9
RGB
rgb(115, 66, 185)
HSL
hsl(265, 47%, 49%)
HWB
hwb(265 26% 27%)
OKLCH
oklch(50.0% 0.179 298.6)
HSV
hsv(265, 64%, 73%)
LAB
lab(39.65% 46.03 -55.29)
LCH
lch(39.65% 71.94 309.78)
CMYK
cmyk(38%, 64%, 0%, 27%)

Etymology

Abundant
adjective

Latin abundāre, to overflow — present-participle of abound. As a color modifier, abundant implies a saturated-and-plentiful quality where the hue carries surplus visual richness beyond minimum requirement. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to plentiful and bountiful.

Persephone
noun

Greek Περσεφόνη, the daughter of Demeter who became queen of the underworld after Hades abducted her and fed her six pomegranate seeds. Persephone color refers to a pomegranate-fruit half-and-half cross-section in seasonal art: a saturated, slightly cool deep violet with the matte finish of anthocyanin-rich pomegranate-arils against pale white pith. The myth is Greek for the seasonal cycle.

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.

#7342b9
Original
#005dbd
Protanopia
#005cb6
Deuteranopia
#635d77
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
6.54:1
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
3.21:1

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