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Opulent Drosera

#952f7b
Notes

Opulent Drosera (#952F7B) 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 (315°, 52%, 38%) 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
#952f7b
RGB
rgb(149, 47, 123)
HSL
hsl(315, 52%, 38%)
HWB
hwb(315 18% 42%)
OKLCH
oklch(48.3% 0.161 339.5)
HSV
hsv(315, 68%, 58%)
LAB
lab(37.58% 50.69 -20.82)
LCH
lch(37.58% 54.80 337.67)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 68%, 17%, 42%)

Etymology

Opulent
adjective

Latin opulentus, rich / wealthy — derived from ops (wealth). As a color modifier, opulent implies a saturated-and-luxurious quality, the deep-rich color of Belle-Époque and Gilded-Age interior-decoration silk-and-velvet textiles. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to lavish and sumptuous.

Drosera
noun

Cosmopolitan sundew genus — particularly the Drosera capensis (Cape sundew) whose deep-magenta glandular-tentacle-tipped leaves are coated in iridescent dewdrops that capture insect prey. Drosera color refers to a fully developed Drosera capensis glandular-leaf in raking light: a saturated, slightly cool deep magenta with the iridescent satin finish of glandular-tentacle dewdrops against pigmented leaf substrate. The Greek droserós means dewy.

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.

#952f7b
Original
#354e7d
Protanopia
#545e79
Deuteranopia
#9e3251
Tritanopia
#4a4a4a
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
7.07:1
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
2.97:1

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