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Untroubled Jamun

#835a77
Notes

Untroubled Jamun (#835A77) is a true 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°, 19%, 43%) places it in the muted 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
#835a77
RGB
rgb(131, 90, 119)
HSL
hsl(318, 19%, 43%)
HWB
hwb(318 35% 49%)
OKLCH
oklch(52.1% 0.068 337.8)
P3
color(display-p3 0.4899 0.3597 0.4605)
HSV
hsv(318, 31%, 51%)
LAB
lab(43.46% 21.74 -9.61)
LCH
lch(43.46% 23.77 336.16)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 31%, 9%, 49%)

Etymology

Untroubled
adjective

Latin turbāre, to disturb — negative-prefix un- plus past-participle of trouble. As a color modifier, untroubled implies a clear-and-calm-and-undisturbed quality where the hue carries no visual agitation. Sits at the crisp-and-calm end of the grid, parallel to serene and placid in usage.

Jamun
noun

Indian Syzygium cumini — a Myrtaceae tropical tree native to the Indian subcontinent, whose deep-magenta-to-purple drupes are eaten fresh and used in Hindu Ayurveda for diabetes management. Jamun color refers to a freshly picked Syzygium cumini drupe-cluster in a Mumbai roadside vendor's basket: a saturated, slightly cool deep magenta with the matte finish of anthocyanin-rich tropical-tree drupe against pale-green leafy backdrop.

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.

Variations

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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.

#835a77
Original
#5b6378
Protanopia
#656976
Deuteranopia
#875b64
Tritanopia
#656565
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
5.69:1
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
3.69:1

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
##835A77
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.4899 0.3597 0.4605)
Inside sRGBOKLCH chroma 0.068

This color sits well within the sRGB cube. P3 and sRGB share the gray axis and most desaturated tones, so a P3 display renders this identically to an sRGB display.

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