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Replete Sakurairo

#bb46a8
Notes

Replete Sakurairo (#BB46A8) is a true magenta with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (310°, 46%, 50%) 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
#bb46a8
RGB
rgb(187, 70, 168)
HSL
hsl(310, 46%, 50%)
HWB
hwb(310 27% 27%)
OKLCH
oklch(58.7% 0.187 334.6)
HSV
hsv(310, 63%, 73%)
LAB
lab(49.22% 58.36 -29.47)
LCH
lch(49.22% 65.38 333.21)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 63%, 10%, 27%)

Etymology

Replete
adjective

Latin replētus, filled — past-participle of replēre. As a color modifier, replete implies a saturated-and-fully-pigmented quality where the hue is completely loaded with its source pigment. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to brimming and suffused in usage.

Sakurairo
noun

Japanese 桜色, cherry-blossom color (Prunus serrulata) — the iconic pale-pink hanami color whose deep saturated form occurs in the yaezakura double-petaled cultivars. Sakurairo color refers to a yaezakura double-cherry petal at peak bloom: a saturated, slightly cool deep magenta with the velvet finish of fresh saturated double-petaled cherry-blossom. Warmer than kohbai and cooler than momo (peach).

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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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.

#bb46a8
Original
#456aab
Protanopia
#6b7ba5
Deuteranopia
#c44e71
Tritanopia
#666666
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
4.61:1
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
4.55:1

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