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The colour lab

Close to UP Forest green

What is this colour called?

The closest names in the swatch book, nearest first. The number is the distance in CIE Lab space: under 2 is hard to tell apart by eye.

UP Forest green#0144215.5 British racing green#0042259 Midori緑#2A603B9.9 Aotake-iro青竹色#00644211.6 Hunter green#355E3B12.4 Gotham green#00573F12.4 Cadmium pigments#006B3C13.3 Cadmium green#006B3C13.3 Dark spring green#17724515.3 Tokusa-iro木賊色#3D5D4217.4 Sacramento State green#04392717.5 Artichoke green#4B6F4417.9

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#044D23 #4E042F

AnalogousIts neighbours

#044D23 #0A4E04 #044E47

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#044D23 #23044E #4E2304

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#044D23 #47044E #4E040A

TintsLighter

#044D23 #089141 #0BD55F #31ED7F

ShadesDarker

#044D23 #011309 #011309 #011309

Contrast with text

White text 10.04:1passes AAA

Black text 2.09:1fails

Ratios follow the WCAG 2 formula. 4.5:1 is the usual minimum for body text.

Through colour-blind eyes

Typical vision

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

No colour

A simulation. Real colour vision varies from person to person.

The weekly palette

Every Monday: seven colours you may not know, what the world is wearing this week, and one idea about colour.