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Bountiful Chì

#b43d28
Notes

Bountiful Chì (#B43D28) is a true red with a warm character. It leans warm, pulling light toward red, orange, and yellow. Naturally inviting, it suits editorial and hospitality contexts. Its HSL profile (9°, 64%, 43%) 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 cyan. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#b43d28
RGB
rgb(180, 61, 40)
HSL
hsl(9, 64%, 43%)
HWB
hwb(9 16% 29%)
OKLCH
oklch(52.7% 0.158 32.3)
HSV
hsv(9, 78%, 71%)
LAB
lab(43.06% 47.11 38.51)
LCH
lch(43.06% 60.85 39.26)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 66%, 78%, 29%)

Etymology

Bountiful
adjective

Old French bonté, goodness — adjectival suffix -ful. As a color modifier, bountiful implies a saturated-and-generous-and-abundant quality where the hue offers visual richness without measure. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to abundant and plentiful in usage.

Chì
noun

One of the five primary Chinese cardinal colors (chì — red — corresponding to the south, summer, and the phoenix). Distinct from hong, which is more general; chì implies the deeper, slightly more saturated red of historical imperial regalia. The color refers to chì-pigment in classical Chinese painting: a saturated, slightly cool deep red with the matte finish of mineral-and-binder pigment.

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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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.

#b43d28
Original
#5f5525
Protanopia
#7c6f23
Deuteranopia
#c61b39
Tritanopia
#555555
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
5.77:1
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
3.64:1

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