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The colour lab

Sea green (Crayola)

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.

Sea green (Crayola)#00FFCD0.1 Technobotanica#00FFBF7.6 Aquamarine#7FFFD415.9 Caribbean green#00CC9918.4 Turquoise blue#00FFEF18.6 Medium aquamarine#66DDAA19.2 Turquoise#40E0D023.7 mediumspringgreen#00FA9A24.6 Medium spring green#00FA9A24.6 Android green#3DDC8424.7 Mountain Meadow#30BA8F26.6 Spanish sky blue#00FFFE26.9

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#05FFCD #FF0537

AnalogousIts neighbours

#05FFCD #05FF50 #05B4FF

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#05FFCD #CD05FF #FFCD05

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#05FFCD #FF05B4 #FF5005

TintsLighter

#05FFCD #4DFFDB #94FFEA #D2FEF5

ShadesDarker

#05FFCD #00C79F #008A6E #004D3D

Contrast with text

White text 1.3:1fails

Black text 16.19:1passes AAA

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.