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The colour lab

Close to Phthalo 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.

Phthalo green#12352412.2 Sacramento State green#04392714.8 Pine green#2A2F2315.3 Dark jungle green#1A242116.9 Aimirucha藍海松茶#2E372E18.2 Birōdoびろうど#22463418.8 British racing green#00422518.8 Chitosemidori千歳緑#37423119.1 Mushi'ao虫襖#2D443619.2 Olive Drab #7#3C341F19.7 Tetsu-iro鉄色#2B373320.1 Kurotsurubami黒橡#25232120.2

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#0A1F00 #15001F

AnalogousIts neighbours

#0A1F00 #191F00 #001F06

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#0A1F00 #000A1F #1F000A

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#0A1F00 #06001F #1F0019

TintsLighter

#0A1F00 #206600 #37AD00 #4DE407

ShadesDarker

#0A1F00 #061400 #061400 #061400

Contrast with text

White text 17.37:1passes AAA

Black text 1.21:1fails

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.