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Fizzy Jamun

#eb8dd9
Notes

Fizzy Jamun (#EB8DD9) is a soft magenta 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 (311°, 70%, 74%) places it in the balanced band at a light lightness. It works as a background wash, large-area fill, or soft illustration tone. Add a darker ink of the same hue when you need type over it. 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
#eb8dd9
RGB
rgb(235, 141, 217)
HSL
hsl(311, 70%, 74%)
HWB
hwb(311 55% 8%)
OKLCH
oklch(76.6% 0.147 334.3)
HSV
hsv(311, 40%, 92%)
LAB
lab(70.68% 46.31 -23.75)
LCH
lch(70.68% 52.05 332.85)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 40%, 8%, 8%)

Etymology

Fizzy
adjective

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of carbonation. As a color modifier, fizzy implies a saturated-and-effervescent-and-bubbly quality, the bright color of Champagne-and-Prosecco effervescent-wine carbonation-bubble-light reflection. Sits at the bright-and-effervescent end of the grid, parallel to bubbly and sparkling in usage.

Jamun
noun

Indian Syzygium cumini — a Myrtaceae tropical tree native to the Indian subcontinent, whose deep-magenta-to-purple drupes are eaten fresh and used in Hindu Ayurveda for diabetes management. Jamun color refers to a freshly picked Syzygium cumini drupe-cluster in a Mumbai roadside vendor's basket: a saturated, slightly cool deep magenta with the matte finish of anthocyanin-rich tropical-tree drupe against pale-green leafy backdrop.

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.

#eb8dd9
Original
#8da4dc
Protanopia
#a5b2d6
Deuteranopia
#f391a9
Tritanopia
#a6a6a6
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).
Failon White
2.25:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
9.34:1

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