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Commanding Beaujolais

#d11c85
Notes

Commanding Beaujolais (#D11C85) 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 (325°, 76%, 46%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary teal. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#d11c85
RGB
rgb(209, 28, 133)
HSL
hsl(325, 76%, 46%)
HWB
hwb(325 11% 18%)
OKLCH
oklch(57.4% 0.224 352.4)
P3
color(display-p3 0.7525 0.1977 0.5120)
HSV
hsv(325, 87%, 82%)
LAB
lab(47.08% 72.06 -11.48)
LCH
lch(47.08% 72.97 350.95)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 87%, 36%, 18%)

Etymology

Commanding
adjective

Latin commendāre, to entrust / order — present-participle of command. As a color modifier, commanding implies a saturated-and-authoritative quality where the hue claims visual leadership of its surrounding palette. Sits at the bold-and-authoritative end of the grid, parallel to authoritative and imperial in usage.

Beaujolais
noun

The French wine region just south of Burgundy — and the Gamay-based reds of Beaujolais Nouveau. The color refers to a fresh Beaujolais Nouveau in a glass: a saturated, slightly cool red with the optical brightness of low-tannin young wine. Lighter than Burgundy, brighter than Chianti.

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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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.

#d11c85
Original
#465b87
Protanopia
#797b81
Deuteranopia
#e20051
Tritanopia
#4a4a4a
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
4.98:1
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
4.22:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##D11C85
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.7525 0.1977 0.5120)
P3 has visible headroomOKLCH chroma 0.224

This color is chromatic enough that authoring it as P3 native (instead of clamping to sRGB) gives a perceptibly more saturated render on wide-gamut displays — modern Macs, iPhones, iPads, and most recent OLED laptops.

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