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Abundant Frangipani

#a9227b
Notes

Abundant Frangipani (#A9227B) is a true magenta with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (320°, 67%, 40%) 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
#a9227b
RGB
rgb(169, 34, 123)
HSL
hsl(320, 67%, 40%)
HWB
hwb(320 13% 34%)
OKLCH
oklch(50.4% 0.189 345.8)
HSV
hsv(320, 80%, 66%)
LAB
lab(39.60% 60.25 -17.41)
LCH
lch(39.60% 62.71 343.88)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 80%, 27%, 34%)

Etymology

Abundant
adjective

Latin abundāre, to overflow — present-participle of abound. As a color modifier, abundant implies a saturated-and-plentiful quality where the hue carries surplus visual richness beyond minimum requirement. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to plentiful and bountiful.

Frangipani
noun

Caribbean and Polynesian Plumeria rubra — a tropical Apocynaceae tree cultivated worldwide for its highly fragrant five-petaled flowers in deep-magenta cultivars. The flowers are used in Hawaiian lei and Hindu garlands. Frangipani color refers to a freshly opened Plumeria rubra deep-magenta flower: a saturated, slightly cool deep magenta with the velvet finish of overlapping fleshy five-petaled corolla. Named for the Italian noble family that invented the perfume.

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.

#a9227b
Original
#364f7d
Protanopia
#5f6578
Deuteranopia
#b51e4c
Tritanopia
#454545
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
6.56:1
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
3.20:1

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