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Bubbly Mûre

#eb91e4
Notes

Bubbly Mûre (#EB91E4) is a soft violet 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 (305°, 69%, 75%) 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
#eb91e4
RGB
rgb(235, 145, 228)
HSL
hsl(305, 69%, 75%)
HWB
hwb(305 57% 8%)
OKLCH
oklch(77.6% 0.150 329.7)
HSV
hsv(305, 38%, 92%)
LAB
lab(71.90% 46.15 -27.93)
LCH
lch(71.90% 53.94 328.81)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 38%, 3%, 8%)

Etymology

Bubbly
adjective

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of bubbles. As a color modifier, bubbly implies a saturated-and-effervescent-and-cheerful 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 fizzy and effervescent in usage.

Mûre
noun

French for blackberry / mulberry (Rubus fruticosus / Morus nigra) — the deep-violet aggregate-drupe of European hedgerows and Morus tree-fruit, both important anthocyanin-rich autumn fruits. Mûre color refers to a freshly picked Rubus fruticosus aggregate-drupe in a Berry hedgerow: a saturated, slightly cool deep violet with the matte finish of anthocyanin-rich aggregate-drupelet cluster on hand-collected fruit.

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.

#eb91e4
Original
#8da9e7
Protanopia
#a4b5e1
Deuteranopia
#f198b0
Tritanopia
#aaaaaa
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
2.16:1
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
9.70:1

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