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Indomitable Galah

#76245e
Notes

Indomitable Galah (#76245E) is a deep magenta 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 (318°, 53%, 30%) 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
#76245e
RGB
rgb(118, 36, 94)
HSL
hsl(318, 53%, 30%)
HWB
hwb(318 14% 54%)
OKLCH
oklch(40.7% 0.133 341.4)
HSV
hsv(318, 69%, 46%)
LAB
lab(29.22% 42.11 -15.74)
LCH
lch(29.22% 44.96 339.50)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 69%, 20%, 54%)

Etymology

Indomitable
adjective

Latin indomitābilis, unconquerable — derived from domāre (to tame). As a color modifier, indomitable implies a saturated-and-unconquerable-and-fierce quality where the hue resists any attempt to subdue or modulate its presence. Sits at the bold-and-resilient end of the grid, parallel to unyielding and adamant.

Galah
noun

Australian Eolophus roseicapilla — a Cacatuidae parrot of the Australian arid zone, whose breeding-plumage adults have a brilliant deep-magenta breast against pale-grey wings. Galah color refers to a Eolophus roseicapilla breast feather field in raking light: a saturated, slightly cool deep magenta with the velvet finish of carotenoid-pigmented feather barbs against the gray melanin-substrate wing-feather background.

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.

#76245e
Original
#2a3c60
Protanopia
#434a5c
Deuteranopia
#7d253d
Tritanopia
#3a3a3a
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
9.61:1
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
2.18:1

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