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Replete Magenta

#9f3580
Notes

Replete Magenta (#9F3580) 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°, 50%, 42%) 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
#9f3580
RGB
rgb(159, 53, 128)
HSL
hsl(318, 50%, 42%)
HWB
hwb(318 21% 38%)
OKLCH
oklch(50.7% 0.163 341.3)
P3
color(display-p3 0.5762 0.2373 0.4902)
HSV
hsv(318, 67%, 62%)
LAB
lab(40.37% 51.75 -19.46)
LCH
lch(40.37% 55.29 339.39)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 67%, 19%, 38%)

Etymology

Replete
adjective

Latin replētus, filled — past-participle of replēre. As a color modifier, replete implies a saturated-and-fully-pigmented quality where the hue is completely loaded with its source pigment. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to brimming and suffused in usage.

Magenta
noun

A synthetic aniline dye (fuchsine) introduced in 1859 and renamed in 1860 to commemorate the Franco-Sardinian victory over Austria at the Battle of Magenta in northern Italy. The dye produced the first vivid pink-purple textile color cheaply available to mass markets. The color refers to a freshly magenta-dyed silk: a saturated, slightly cool deep pink-purple with the satiny finish of synthetic-dyed natural fiber. Cooler than fuchsia, warmer than violet.

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.

#9f3580
Original
#3d5482
Protanopia
#5d657d
Deuteranopia
#a83755
Tritanopia
#515151
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
6.37:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.30:1

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
##9F3580
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.5762 0.2373 0.4902)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.163

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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