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The colour lab

Close to Asagi-iro

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.

Asagi-iro浅葱色#48929B5 Blue (Munsell)#0093AF7.8 Metallic Seaweed#0A7E8C8.5 Cadet blue#5F9EA010.3 cadetblue#5F9EA010.3 Viridian green#00969810.5 Marrs green#008C8C11.3 Dark cyan#008B8B11.4 darkcyan#008B8B11.4 Sora-iro空色#4D8FAC11.7 Pacific blue#1CA9C912.6 Teal#00808012.8

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#3394A3 #A34233

AnalogousIts neighbours

#3394A3 #33A37A #335CA3

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#3394A3 #A33394 #94A333

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#3394A3 #A3335C #A37A33

TintsLighter

#3394A3 #54BAC9 #8BD0DA #BCE1E6

ShadesDarker

#3394A3 #256A74 #163F46 #071517

Contrast with text

White text 3.56:1large text only

Black text 5.91:1passes AA

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

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