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Plentiful Granate

#f54645
Notes

Plentiful Granate (#F54645) is a true red with a neon character. It sits at the high-saturation edge of its family. Use it sparingly, as signage, accent, or highlight against darker surfaces. Its HSL profile (0°, 90%, 62%) 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 cyan. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#f54645
RGB
rgb(245, 70, 69)
HSL
hsl(0, 90%, 62%)
HWB
hwb(0 27% 4%)
OKLCH
oklch(64.9% 0.212 25.6)
HSV
hsv(0, 72%, 96%)
LAB
lab(56.32% 65.85 40.39)
LCH
lch(56.32% 77.26 31.52)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 71%, 72%, 4%)

Etymology

Plentiful
adjective

Old French plentif, abundant — adjectival suffix -ful, derived from Latin plēnitās (fullness). As a color modifier, plentiful implies a saturated-and-generous quality where the hue carries rich visual abundance without restraint. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to abundant and bountiful.

Granate
noun

Spanish for garnet — and a color word used in Iberian textile and ceramic tradition since at least the seventeenth century for the deep red of Bohemian and Spanish garnet jewelry. The color refers to a polished Spanish almandine garnet: a deep, slightly cool dark red with the gem's signature internal warmth. Deeper than ruby, warmer than burgundy.

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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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.

#f54645
Original
#796f43
Protanopia
#a5953f
Deuteranopia
#ff0048
Tritanopia
#6b6b6b
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
3.59:1
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
5.84:1

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