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Bountiful Bordeaux

#89163b
Notes

Bountiful Bordeaux (#89163B) is a deep red with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (341°, 72%, 31%) 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 teal. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#89163b
RGB
rgb(137, 22, 59)
HSL
hsl(341, 72%, 31%)
HWB
hwb(341 9% 46%)
OKLCH
oklch(41.5% 0.149 8.7)
HSV
hsv(341, 84%, 54%)
LAB
lab(29.94% 48.54 8.87)
LCH
lch(29.94% 49.34 10.35)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 84%, 57%, 46%)

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.

Bordeaux
noun

The French wine region — and the deep red of Cabernet Sauvignon-and-Merlot blends from the Médoc and Saint-Émilion. Bordeaux as a color refers specifically to a young Médoc in a glass: a deep, slightly red-purple-shifted dark red with the optical clarity of high-tannin wine. Deeper than burgundy, cooler than wine.

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.

#89163b
Original
#37383c
Protanopia
#544f38
Deuteranopia
#960027
Tritanopia
#313131
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
9.37:1
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
2.24:1

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