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Robust Naivasha

#de46be
Notes

Robust Naivasha (#DE46BE) 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 (313°, 70%, 57%) 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
#de46be
RGB
rgb(222, 70, 190)
HSL
hsl(313, 70%, 57%)
HWB
hwb(313 27% 13%)
OKLCH
oklch(64.8% 0.225 337.5)
P3
color(display-p3 0.8046 0.3199 0.7259)
HSV
hsv(313, 68%, 87%)
LAB
lab(55.72% 70.53 -31.75)
LCH
lch(55.72% 77.35 335.77)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 68%, 14%, 13%)

Etymology

Robust
adjective

From the Latin robustus, of oak — implying strength combined with substance. As a color modifier, robust describes saturation combined with body: a robust burgundy, a robust olive. Sits in the bold-and-warm corner alongside strong and solid, with the slightly textural implication of a color that has substance behind the pigment.

Naivasha
noun

Kenyan Rift Valley freshwater lake — and the seasonal nesting site of Phoenicopterus ruber lesser-flamingo flocks whose massed pink-magenta plumage colors the lake-edge mudflats during the summer breeding season. Naivasha color refers to a Lake Naivasha mudflat with massed Phoenicopterus ruber in late-afternoon light: a saturated, slightly cool deep magenta with the optical complexity of carotenoid-pigmented feather mass against muddy water.

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.

#de46be
Original
#4b77c1
Protanopia
#7d8eba
Deuteranopia
#ea4e7c
Tritanopia
#6f6f6f
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
3.67:1
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
5.73:1

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
##DE46BE
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.8046 0.3199 0.7259)
P3 has visible headroomOKLCH chroma 0.225

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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