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Manorial Draco Crimson

#9a005b
Notes

Manorial Draco Crimson (#9A005B) is a deep magenta 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 (325°, 100%, 30%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. 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
#9a005b
RGB
rgb(154, 0, 91)
HSL
hsl(325, 100%, 30%)
HWB
hwb(325 0% 40%)
OKLCH
oklch(44.9% 0.185 354.4)
HSV
hsv(325, 100%, 60%)
LAB
lab(33.19% 59.45 -7.09)
LCH
lch(33.19% 59.87 353.20)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 100%, 41%, 40%)

Etymology

Manorial
adjective

Latin manōrium, dwelling — adjectival suffix -al, derived from manēre (to remain). As a color modifier, manorial implies a saturated-and-aristocratic-and-rural quality, the deep-rich color of pre-modern English manor-house livery-and-tapestry tradition. Sits at the bold-and-aristocratic end of the grid, parallel to lordly and patrician.

Draco
modifier

Latin draco, dragon-of-the-northern-sky. As a color modifier, draco implies a winding-northern-circumpolar-dragon quality, the visual register of Draco-circumpolar-and-northern-dragon hand-winding-northern-circumpolar-dragon Draco-circumpolar-and-northern-dragon-and-Bortle-1-sky draco-and-winding-northern-circumpolar surfaces under Draco-circumpolar-and-northern-dragon-and-Bortle-1-sky year-round-northern-circumpolar polar-stellar-light. Sits at the modifier-and-cosmic end of the grid, parallel to cygnus and lyra in usage.

Crimson
noun

From the Old Spanish cremesin, itself from the Arabic qirmiz — the kermes scale insect, dried and ground into a brilliant carmine dye prized in the medieval Mediterranean. For centuries the most expensive red on a draper's shelf, reserved for cardinals, kings, and the cloth that gave English the word crimson. Cooler than scarlet, deeper than rose; the color of pomegranate seeds and a serious occasion.

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.

#9a005b
Original
#2e3d5d
Protanopia
#575758
Deuteranopia
#a70033
Tritanopia
#272727
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
8.32:1
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
2.53:1

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