Wellbred Brinjal
Wellbred Brinjal (#AF66E7) is a true indigo with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (274°, 73%, 65%) 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 lime. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.
Etymology
Old English wel-brēd, well-bred — past-participle of breed, sharing root with brood (offspring). As a color modifier, wellbred implies a saturated-and-elegant-and-formal quality, the deep-rich color of Edwardian-period finishing-school-and-debutante-Court English-aristocratic livery. Sits at the bold-and-elegant end of the grid, parallel to highborn and patrician.
Indian and South African English for eggplant (Solanum melongena) — the deep-violet glossy fruit of the Solanaceae family, the staple base of Indian baingan bharta and baba ghanoush preparations. Brinjal color refers to a freshly picked Solanum melongena glossy whole fruit: a saturated, slightly cool deep violet with the glossy finish of waxy aubergine skin. Cooler than eggplant (which trends warmer in American color terminology).
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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Accessibility
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.
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.