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Bountiful Bishop

#7f2e9d
Notes

Bountiful Bishop (#7F2E9D) 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 (284°, 55%, 40%) 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
#7f2e9d
RGB
rgb(127, 46, 157)
HSL
hsl(284, 55%, 40%)
HWB
hwb(284 18% 38%)
OKLCH
oklch(46.9% 0.179 315.3)
HSV
hsv(284, 71%, 62%)
LAB
lab(35.79% 51.76 -44.74)
LCH
lch(35.79% 68.42 319.16)
CMYK
cmyk(19%, 71%, 0%, 38%)

Etymology

Bountiful
adjective

Old French bonté, goodness — adjectival suffix -ful. As a color modifier, bountiful implies a saturated-and-generous-and-abundant quality where the hue offers visual richness without measure. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to abundant and plentiful in usage.

Bishop
noun

Greek epískopos via Latin episcopus, overseer — the ecclesiastical office whose Roman-Catholic and Anglican vesture includes a deep-violet cassock under white rochet and chimere. Bishop color refers to a contemporary Roman-Catholic episcopal cassock: a saturated, slightly cool deep violet with the matte finish of vat-dyed liturgical wool. Distinct from the deep-red cardinal cassock and the white papal cassock.

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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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.

#7f2e9d
Original
#0050a0
Protanopia
#2b569a
Deuteranopia
#7d4462
Tritanopia
#474747
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
7.55:1
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
2.78:1

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