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Plentiful Achimenes

#a1048d
Notes

Plentiful Achimenes (#A1048D) is a deep violet 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 (308°, 95%, 32%) 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 green. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#a1048d
RGB
rgb(161, 4, 141)
HSL
hsl(308, 95%, 32%)
HWB
hwb(308 2% 37%)
OKLCH
oklch(48.7% 0.214 335.3)
P3
color(display-p3 0.5779 0.1178 0.5358)
HSV
hsv(308, 98%, 63%)
LAB
lab(37.09% 66.29 -32.56)
LCH
lch(37.09% 73.86 333.84)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 98%, 12%, 37%)

Etymology

Plentiful
adjective

Old French plentif, abundant — adjectival suffix -ful, derived from Latin plēnitās (fullness). As a color modifier, plentiful implies a saturated-and-generous quality where the hue carries rich visual abundance without restraint. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to abundant and bountiful.

Achimenes
noun

Mexican magic flower (Achimenes longiflora) — a Gesneriaceae tuberous-rhizome perennial native to Central American cloud-forest understory, with deep-magenta tubular flowers that bloom in summer and dormant rhizomes in winter. Achimenes color refers to a fully opened Achimenes longiflora tubular flower: a saturated, slightly cool deep magenta with the velvet finish of fresh fused-petaled tubular corolla. Greek achimenes means winter-tender.

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.

#a1048d
Original
#034a90
Protanopia
#4b5f8a
Deuteranopia
#aa1d52
Tritanopia
#2f2f2f
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
7.20:1
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
2.92:1

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
##A1048D
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.5779 0.1178 0.5358)
P3 has visible headroomOKLCH chroma 0.214

This color is chromatic enough that authoring it as P3 native (instead of clamping to sRGB) gives a perceptibly more saturated render on wide-gamut displays — modern Macs, iPhones, iPads, and most recent OLED laptops.

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