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Brimming Sari Fuchsia

#db4db8
Notes

Brimming Sari Fuchsia (#DB4DB8) 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 (315°, 66%, 58%) 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
#db4db8
RGB
rgb(219, 77, 184)
HSL
hsl(315, 66%, 58%)
HWB
hwb(315 30% 14%)
OKLCH
oklch(64.8% 0.210 338.9)
HSV
hsv(315, 65%, 86%)
LAB
lab(55.92% 66.31 -28.01)
LCH
lch(55.92% 71.99 337.10)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 65%, 16%, 14%)

Etymology

Brimming
adjective

Old English brymme, brim / edge — present-participle of brim. As a color modifier, brimming implies a saturated-and-overflowing quality where the hue spills past the edge of its visual container with rich pigmentation. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to replete and abundant.

Sari
modifier

Sanskrit śāṭī, long-draped-cloth. As a color modifier, sari implies an Indian-sari-and-Banarasi-and-Kanjeevaram-silk quality, the visual register of Banarasi-and-Kanjeevaram-sari hand-Indian-sari-and-Banarasi-and-Kanjeevaram-silk Banarasi-and-Kanjeevaram-sari-and-Mysore-and-Bengal-cotton sari-and-Indian-sari surfaces under Banarasi-and-Kanjeevaram-sari-and-Mysore-and-Bengal-cotton Varanasi-and-Kanjeevaram-and-Mysore-loom Indian-loom-light. Sits at the modifier-and-textile end of the grid, parallel to kimono and haori in usage.

Fuchsia
noun

The genus Fuchsia — South American shrubs named in 1703 for the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs. The color refers to the calyx and tube of a vibrant Fuchsia magellanica hybrid: a saturated, slightly cool deep pink-magenta with the satiny finish of a tubular hummingbird-pollinated flower. Brighter than rose, warmer than orchid, with the bedding-and-basket weight of a plant genus whose flowers gave English the most attention-demanding pink in the spectrum.

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.

#db4db8
Original
#5478bb
Protanopia
#808eb4
Deuteranopia
#e7527c
Tritanopia
#737373
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
3.64:1
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
5.77:1

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