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Invigorating Conclave

#b669e6
Notes

Invigorating Conclave (#B669E6) is a true indigo with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (277°, 71%, 66%) 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.

HEX
#b669e6
RGB
rgb(182, 105, 230)
HSL
hsl(277, 71%, 66%)
HWB
hwb(277 41% 10%)
OKLCH
oklch(65.8% 0.190 310.7)
HSV
hsv(277, 54%, 90%)
LAB
lab(57.81% 52.20 -51.53)
LCH
lch(57.81% 73.35 315.37)
CMYK
cmyk(21%, 54%, 0%, 10%)

Etymology

Invigorating
adjective

Latin vigor, vigor — present-participle of invigorate, sharing root with vigil (watchfulness). As a color modifier, invigorating implies a saturated-and-life-giving-and-energizing quality where the hue increases visual-and-physical vitality. Sits at the bright-and-active end of the grid, parallel to stimulating and bracing in usage.

Conclave
noun

Latin cum clave, with key — the locked-room cardinal-selection ceremony of the Sistine Chapel (since 1492), where cardinals wear deep-violet choir cassocks during the daily voting sessions. Conclave color refers to a contemporary cardinal's conclave choir-cassock: a saturated, slightly cool deep violet with the matte finish of vat-dyed ecclesiastical wool. Distinct from the cardinal's day-to-day red cassock.

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.

#b669e6
Original
#4487ea
Protanopia
#5e8ce3
Deuteranopia
#b07f9e
Tritanopia
#828282
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).
AA Largeon White
3.41:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
6.15:1

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